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...Okun cited the present system of campaign financing as an example of "dollars polluting rights...
...current debate over public financing, many people are saying that a limitation on campaign spending is a limitation on freedom of speech, Okun said...
...Okun said large corporations use big contributions as a means of gaining undue power. "Howard Hughes, who is a smart investor, regarded political contributions as in important part of his investment portfolio," he said...
...while the market pollutes rights, Okun said, it can also be used to protect rights. A free press, entirely removed from government intervention, is the only way freedom of speeech can be protected, Okun said. Competition among free market newspapers will also insure that this freedom will be used vigorously, he added...
...problem with the market is that it allows people to buy things that should not be bought, Okun said. As an example, he said, it allows people to buy their way out of legal responsibilities by allowing them to buy prestigious lawyers...