Campaign Finance
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First off, I'm sorry for the late post but I was not able to watch the rest of the video until today, continuing on...

After reading What's the Future for Campaign Finance Reform? and watching the rest of the documentary "Big Sky, Big Money", have changed my views a little bit on campaign finance.  I see that people's voices are not as equal as they ought to be. This in my opinion causes an uneven balance between political power between the 1% and the 99% (distribution of wealth) the way the laws are now, the rich have too much influence in elections. also the ability to have donations be anonymous presents a issue of our nation's sovereignty. This is because through 501 c4s I or anyone, American or not can donate anonymously. By changing the ruling on the citizens united case, campaign finance could change to give a more representative voice in campaign financing. This would be a more pure democracy. If overturned, the Citizens United case could start a new wave of campaign  finance. the problem is though I believe that the poeple who make these new rules will always make a way to get around them. I don't blame them either, why would I restrict myself financially? I honestly don't see a realistic solution to the problem, other than getting rid of these 501c4s, 527s, and limiting super PACs to around a million dollars and placing a limit on individual political donations, to any sort of political agency When our elections are more influenced by large dollar donations than the candidates actually debating and presenting their viewpoints to the people and campaigning, then there is a need for reform. problems arise when a foreign buisnessman can influence a president more than a majority of unions and small political groups. This is the potential for disastrous corruption. Money is influential money is in an election. A big donation from a big company might affect how a candidate might actually act in office. Changing this ruling could help campaign finance reform, however I believe there are bigger holes to plug.