The American people have learned a powerful lesson about the need for Public Financing of Elections through all this mayhem we have experienced with Congress. Our elected officials wind up working for their campaign benefactors ahead of the constituents that elect them to office. We would have had a far more productive Congress if the members weren't so focused on campaign financing. We would have the passage of reasonable bills beneficial to the American people if we just amputate the influence of the 1% and their corporations over our elected representatives.
To say we aren't in the situation we are in now because of the influence of special interest money in Washington DC is delusional. The ideology of those who can finance elections is what wins the day in DC, and that leaves out the interests of probably 310 million Americans.
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