An important measure to change the skewed dynamics of political financing in the US would be the additional funding of political parties with money from the gov

An important measure to change the skewed dynamics of political financing in the US would be the additional funding of political parties with money from the government. An example of this is Germany, where parties receive money from the state according to the number of votes they collect, in addition to other funding sources. This relieves the pressure to raise money from corporations, and makes politicians less dependent on "money interests". EDIT: Wikipedia article going into more detail, see under 'Political Revenue': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_finance_in_Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_finance_in_Germany