By "rich" I assume you mean the teachers unions. [1] So long as the state appropriates and controls a vast share of resources all the people will vie for a sha

By "rich" I assume you mean the teachers unions. [1] So long as the state appropriates and controls a vast share of resources all the people will vie for a share of it. They will find innumerable innovations. Those who have the means (money and influence) on their own always find a way in. So many of those of lesser means find ways to band to together to push themselves up to the trough. This leaky boat cannot be made seaworthy. [2] "Public election funding" is another way to say, "Let's give the current incumbents monopoly control of the financing of elections." You can bet that whatever initial formulas they devise for distributing this cash (which confers the power to decide elections) while everyone is watching will be creatively "improved" soon after the public has shifted is gaze. Even when the initial formulas are evenhanded, we see unintended consequences. [3] [1] http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php [2] https://mises.org/library/politics-cannot-be-fixed https://mises.org/library/politics-cannot-be-fixed [3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/01/15/how-public-funding-of-elections-makes-politics-even-more-polarized/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/01/...