:One easy, in theory,fix -- that will only happen if we demand it -- it is a law that says: "*If you can't vote, you can't contribute to a candidate or party*" -- *that takes corporations, unions, and special interest groups right out of the contribution equation* (until they found a way to sneak in) -- it might require, at some point. a Constitution Amendment if the Corporations (now legal persons) sued to be able to vote -- but we could cross that bridge when we came to it.
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