[EL] CPA/Zicklin

Wed Sep 24 11:47:44 PDT 2014

This discussion reminded me of a recent Cass Sunstein column, about the rise of "partyism."  Here's an excerpt:
If you are a Democrat, would you marry a Republican? Would you be upset if your sister did?
Researchers have long asked such questions about race, and have found that along important dimensions, racial prejudice is decreasing. At the same time, party prejudice in the U.S. has jumped, infecting not only politics but also decisions about dating, marriage and hiring. By some measures, "partyism" now exceeds racial prejudice -- which helps explain the intensity of some midterm election campaigns.
In 1960, 5 percent of Republicans and 4 percent of Democrats said that they would feel "displeased" if their son or daughter married outside their political party. By 2010, those numbers had reached<http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.298.3017> 49 percent and 33 percent. Republicans have been found to like Democrats less than they like people on welfare or gays and lesbians. Democrats dislike Republicans more than they dislike big business.
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-22/partyism-now-trumps-racism

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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Smith, Brad
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 2:26 PM
To: David Ely; 'law-election at UCI.edu'
Subject: Re: [EL] CPA/Zicklin

Is regulation of campaign spending really just an attempt to gain advantage (and eventually political favors and redistribution) against political opposition? Or, as they say, one man's effort to "buy off the regulatory structure" is another man's "sound public policy."

Really, a miserable way to live one's life, refusing to do business with those of differing political views, and even worse, pressuring others to do the same. But it is how some want to live, I suppose.

Bradley A. Smith

Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault

   Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad St.

Columbus, OH 43215

614.236.6317

http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx

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From: David Ely [ely at compass-demographics.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 2:06 PM
To: Smith, Brad; 'law-election at UCI.edu'
Subject: RE: [EL] CPA/Zicklin
To put a finer point on it,  is the political spending of for-profit corporations really just an attempt to buy off the regulatory structure and allow themselves to externalize costs to a maximum extent?

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu<mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of David Ely
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 10:58 AM
To: 'Smith, Brad'; 'law-election at UCI.edu'
Subject: Re: [EL] CPA/Zicklin

Which is why markets do such a poor job of dealing with external effects of economic activity. It's hard for a consumer to separate worrying about political views and activities from worrying about economic decisions that externalize public costs from the price of a product.

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu<mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Smith, Brad
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 9:03 AM
To: law-election at UCI.edu<mailto:law-election at UCI.edu>
Subject: [EL] CPA/Zicklin

CPI writes:

"Watch your Netflix show, wear your Ralph Lauren shirt, brew your Keurig coffee and deposit your paycheck at M&T Bank.

Just know that you're patronizing some of the nation's least politically transparent companies,"

What a horrible, impoverished way to live one's life, worrying about the political views and activities of everyone you come into contact with, and using that to decide whether to do business with them.

Bradley A. Smith

Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault

   Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad St.

Columbus, OH 43215

614.236.6317

http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx

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