Charliehall: What’s wrong with political spending. Both parties have oodles of money. There is no close correlation between having lots of money and winning elections. While groups such as the Libertarians, the Greens, etc., do suffer for lack of money, if there ideas ever became mainstream they would have no trouble getting money.
Would really prefer a country where rich people spent their money on living well, rather than on being concerned enough with the welfare of all to get involved in politics? Better they spend money on politics that looking for for $1K bottles of wine, caviar, parties costing millions of dollars, etc. Give people like Soros and the Koch brothers credit – no one makes them spend money to discuss public matters, and it is good for society that they do so.
If you really don’t like campaign spending, I suggest you try North Korea. The Kim family has been winning elections, often with over 100% of the vote, for almost 75 years – and without wasting any money on campaign spending.