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by Ekaros 696 days ago
Maybe problem is that there is any money involved in first place... But that one is very hard to solve. How do you stop things like rallies or traveling by candidates...
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The vast majority of the money goes to ads

One appealing idea I heard is that every American gets a voucher they can allocate as they see fit, from a pool of tax money allocated to the elections. Candidate should probably get a fixed pool as well

Citizens United ruling is what opened the door to PACs and the ability for individuals to spend above the individual limits