There is likely a balance here, somewhere. Be careful equating money with free speech. Citizens United in the US has had equally-troublesome consequences, bas

There is likely a balance here, somewhere. Be careful equating money with free speech. Citizens United in the US has had equally-troublesome consequences, based on the premises that corporations are people and money is their speech. Conflict of interest plays a role here, and that's unfortunately something that has been under constant 'redefinition', especially in the last 20-40 years.