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161. I can follow the logic he employs.

I am still not convinced it was the best answer to the massive amounts of money spent of elections. We have enough corrupt officials that one or two votes is all it takes to change the outcome of very important bills. Someone comes into a senators office, and maybe this already happens, and offers him/her a couple million dollars for their vote, I am sure some would take it.

This quote form the Salon article struck me. "Meaningful public financing of campaigns would far more effectively achieve the ostensible objectives of campaign finance restrictions without any of the dangers or constitutional infirmities. If yesterday’s decision provides the impetus for that to be done, then it will have, on balance, achieved a very positive outcome, even though that was plainly not its intent."

Now, I am for public financing of elections. And public TV stations made available to qualified candidates as part of the equation. This would take big donations under the guise of non-political influences or however they have state the donations of these massive amounts of money. Koch brothers giving as much as a billion dollars is ridiculous.