I do share your concern about money in politics. But I don't share your belief in a centrally planned solution.
Imagine the Detroit City Council of just a few years ago in charge of elections. Imagine the efficiency of DDOT being brought to your local campaign events. Imagine the Dearborn City Council of 1955 running the debates.
The beautiful world of equality and fairness are alluring, but history tells us that centrally-planned solutions end up destroying rather than enhancing politics.
Better to trust the people to be able to detect b.s. and elect good politicians. Keep a massive dialogue going. And head towards full disclosure solutions, with all the ugliness of retaliation therein. Every previous attempt to control campaign finances have failed, and in fact have made the situation worse.
it is very hard to believe, but the noisy system we have is remarkably good at delivering fair results. Is there some 'quid pro quo' Unions buy Democrats or bankers buy Republicans? Of course. But you are wrong if you think the world you describe above won't have back room deals made by those in power to stay in power, too.
Err on the side of free speech.
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