> "There are plenty of rich people on all parts of the political spectrum always trying to unseat the current government." This is wildly reductive. Your post

> "There are plenty of rich people on all parts of the political spectrum always trying to unseat the current government." This is wildly reductive. Your post in general seems to suggest that "rich people" (ill-advised usage, IMO) have equal sway in every corner of politics that could possibly matter to large swaths of voting US citizens. To sit there and defend "private citizen's influence" while shouting down the idea of public funding is _truly_ naive. Even a fool's review of The American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) effect on elections and public policy show that there is disproportionate private influence that needs tending to. I'd suggest you give http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/02/if-corporations-are-people-they-should-act-like-it/385034/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/02/if-corpo... a read.