The point that the interviewees make, as I understand it, is that money is not really the "problem" in American national politics, it's the way a two-party syst

The point that the interviewees make, as I understand it, is that money is not really the "problem" in American national politics, it's the way a two-party system has emerged and over the past century, increased its 'duopoly' with policy, gerrymandering, etc. I found this argument very compelling. I'm not sure if there is enough will to make the changes that might lead to some changes here, but it does seem that the intention of the constitutional framers has been lost by creating a binary that doesn't allow for some ideas, such as fiscal conservatism, to succeed at all (though I wouldn't say the framers themselves were always on the good side of history). Great book on that topic is "The Founders' Coup," which puts a lot of where we've come into perspective.