[guest2143]

Can't they just charge a lot more? Like $10million per ad?

It's a surcharge to avoid political ads, but hey Mr. Bloomberg, if you need to get attention... we will collect your money.

What would they do with this extra money? Fund open source foundations?

...wait... is $10Million too low? Is there that much money in politics?

[solarkraft]

This is how the system currently works. The best financed (so: most popular with business people) candidate gets heard the best and often times is pretty easily elected.