>If Bob has free speech to run ads about how bad Issue X is, and Joe has free speech to run ads about how bad Issue X is, why shouldn't Bob and Joe be allowed t

>If Bob has free speech to run ads about how bad Issue X is, and Joe has free speech to run ads about how bad Issue X is, why shouldn't Bob and Joe be allowed to combine their money, find others with similar opinions and run ads about how bad Issue X is? Nothing per se. However if Bob and Joe are "running ads about how bad Issue X is," I'd like to know (or at least be able to find out) that it's Bob and Joe and not Steve and Larry who are financing such ads. While no one has mentioned it here yet, it seems to me that "dark money"[0] is a significant issue. [0] https://campaignlegal.org/update/pacs-super-pacs-dark-money-groups-whats-difference https://campaignlegal.org/update/pacs-super-pacs-dark-money-...