People should check out Lawrence Lessig's recent appearance on the Daily Show: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-13-2011/exclusive---lawrence-less

People should check out Lawrence Lessig's recent appearance on the Daily Show: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-13-2011/exclusive---lawrence-lessig-extended-interview-pt--1 http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-13-2011/exclu... He really does a good job characterizing the effects of money on politics, and outlines some cool ideas for sort of "shims" on the way to more complete campaign finance reform (which would take action from congress, and I guess a constitutional amendment or two). But the thing that struck me the most was his point that fixing the corrupting influence of money on politics isn't like trying to do something like reverse a culture of racism: it's much easier. We just have to change the incentives.