True but I see it as having eliminated actual corruption. I think it would be much harder to swing things against the interest of people on a continuous basis.

True but I see it as having eliminated actual corruption. I think it would be much harder to swing things against the interest of people on a continuous basis. Fool some of the people some of the time... etc. I think paying for advertising eyeballs is fine in any case. If someone is dumping 100's of millions on issue voting then you should probably be paying attention to the issue. Whether for or against.