Agreed. As long as private money does the nominating of our political candidates, then the piper (loopholes) will need to be paid. If we were to switch to gover

Agreed. As long as private money does the nominating of our political candidates, then the piper (loopholes) will need to be paid. If we were to switch to government funded elections, then there would be no pressure on the legislature to return the favour once they are elected. The only snag I see with publically funded campaigns is determining who qualifies for the public funding.