Harry Guerrilla
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The difference is that money makes some more equal than others. I am all for the inequality that money brings, but not for a critical matter, such as this.
Ok so what happens when the entrenched (politicians) groups just vote themselves more than enough money to continue their negative/harmful campaigning.
There is no real benefit to this, you're taking money that is privately given and forcing the taxpayer to subsidize the same thing.
And then with the private debate, they could again have the whole thing scripted and even if it wasn't, people debating over hard policy isn't going to interest the electorate at all.
The best appeals to emotion and the best looking politicians will win, still.