RE: Political Campaign Finance Reform

http://mynewpoliticalpov.blogspot.com/2010/04/political-campaign-finance-reform.html

This is a great summation of what is and has gone on in the financial portion of the electoral process; however, there was no solution presented. I would like to go ahead and provide a solution that may better the situation entirely.

We can do this by shutting down the electoral process entirely and start holding popular vote elections. The campaigners would then also be regulated to free advertisements on all stations, and free venues to speak at. Also, accepting any money from anyone except for gas and travel would be reason for the candidate to lose his chance to be voted in; this would need to be regulated heavily, but you could have 2 people per candidate checking expenses versus donations to ensure no money is being made.
On top of this, you would also need to require that all candidates have a fund for their campaigners who are working solely for this person, but this would be monitored by an independent company.

The key to stopping corruption is the flow of money, and I think you're right, no law can stop this, however fundamentally changing the electoral system to exclude the need for money would. If money makes little to no difference in how you can campaign it will do little to influence.

I also believe any money given to a foundation or anything related to the candidate would be included as a contribution.