# What Would Your Ideal Political Party Platform Be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 13, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ideal-political-party-platform-be/658213 "2013-05-13T05:20:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ideal-political-party-platform-be/658213/16 "2013-05-14T01:47:57Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I’m merely describing a system that works perfectly well in France. Broadcasters already have to meet all kinds of licensing-conditions like free EBS time, no reason they can’t be made to stretch to a bit of free campaign-ad time. If not, let the taxpayers cover it – it wouldn’t “blow up the budget” – the total amount of air time purchased would be **much less** than under our present system, and all to the good. Like most leftist pipe dreams, this is ill considered. How do you limit the number of candidates entitled to “free” air time? Does the “Insert Absurdity of Your Choice” party get the same consideration as the Democratic Party? If not, how do you fairly make such a decision–without allowing any fund raising? And you’ve still got a little problem under the “takings clause”. You do remember that from Con Law I, right? Hint: newspapers don’t require broadcast licenses. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ideal-political-party-platform-be/658213)._