I have to say the taxpayers losing a few grand from people wasting public election funds pales in comparison to the public losing even a semblance of representation in the government by private donations on top of the give-away of many millions in quid-pro-quos. I’d be happy to wager that Archer Daniels Midland’s abuse of the current system alone would amount to more than all of the candidates abusing public campaign funds. There’s no theoretical risk of regarding campaign donations being used to buy policy contrary to the public interest, that’s the status quo.
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