Should there be limits on political campaign contributions?

[Redalgo]

I think campaigns should be publicly funded and that a public news provider or providers should cover all campaigns in a manner consistent with both the Fairness Doctrine and Equal Time rule, though the latter needs to include any time the candidates get air-time via news coverage. Their purpose should be centered on informing people about all of their potential options in the most objective, non-partisan fashion that is reasonably possible.

Folks should be able to contribute however much they want to parties and PACs... but neither are to be allowed to use the cash for projecting messages about the candidates or members of their respective campaigns widely to the general public. Private contributions to such groups need to be used for party mobilization efforts - e.g. discussing issues, party planks and their underlying rationales, criticizing those of rival parties, and organizing get-out-the-vote rallies.

So far as I am concerned, private media outlets should be able to allot air time to and discuss the campaigns however they want. Parties and PACs should be able to provide as much information about the campaign and candidates in private to people who request it as they want.