June 30, 2003
Interesting Idea
A new site, PayDemocracy, “lets groups of people pool many small political donations” thereby “aggregating millions of internet citizens into a real and powerful web-based political lobby.”
Sounds like an interesting idea, but I wonder how effective such a movement will be. While a large donation from those upset over the FCC deregulation may gain more notice then a bunch of little donations, without the actual lobbyists, etc. of real PACs how can PayDemocracy ensure that their users’ voices are heard?
Posted by blipsman at June 30, 2003 06:36 PMDo you think politicians will notice once their competitors start getting checks?
Posted by: Tim at July 1, 2003 12:33 AMHi, I just noticed your post about PayDemocracy. Just wanted that we in fact do intend to hire lobbyists to represent our users’ views once the site gets to some sort of critical mass.
Right now we are oriented towards individual donations are in fact not a PAC.
Chad Williams
PayDemocracy
Chad,
Thanks for the info/clarification on PayDemocracy. Sounds like a very interesting proposition and I wish you lots of success. We all know that something needs to give us little guys a more equal footing in Washington.
Posted by: blipsman at July 2, 2003 02:18 AMFascinating concept. Instead of asking for donations to political parties, donations are issue oriented. This could have some real significant consequences down the road.
I can’t find a party that doesn’t have some positions that I just can’t get behind. PayDemocracy however, allows me to support specific issues while avoiding support for issues I don’t want to support, which political parties force me to do.
Nice heads up! Thanks.
Posted by: David Remer at July 5, 2003 11:22 AM
