| SamuelRSmith said: http://reason.com/archives/2012/03/14/why-super-pacs-are-good-for-democracy - why super pacs are good for democracy |
You can't honestly buy into this, can you? Yes, elections are now more competitive... because candidates that are in the pockets of various businesses are given more support than ever before.
Yeah, there's more competition, but the average persons' voice is made increasingly insignificant. It is as undemocratic as you can get.
We should've been taking steps to remove money from politics, not pump more money in, so even poorer candidates have an equal chance of getting the public's attention as richer candidates. Publicly funded elections, for instance.
Now it's just lobbying groups spending inordinate sums to get their preferred candidate elected, and they'll lie through their teeth to do so.
Free speech shouldn't correlate with how rich you are.
