<story><title>Larry Lessig’s Long Walk</title><url>https://medium.com/backchannel/larry-lessigs-long-walk-b96d80d34972</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nraynaud</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m wondering what his take on the French system is.
Basically, there is a limit on how much candidates can spend, and the State refunds the candidate (on certified expense report) if a certain score is reached during the vote. Getting money from a corporation is an offense, spending too much is an offense, cooking the books is an offense, getting undeclared money is an offense.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>heydenberk</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t think anyone struggles to imagine how a better system would work. The issue is that the current Supreme Court has set strict limits on the legal regulation of campaign finance, so there are few straightforward paths to reform.</text></comment>
<story><title>Larry Lessig’s Long Walk</title><url>https://medium.com/backchannel/larry-lessigs-long-walk-b96d80d34972</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nraynaud</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m wondering what his take on the French system is.
Basically, there is a limit on how much candidates can spend, and the State refunds the candidate (on certified expense report) if a certain score is reached during the vote. Getting money from a corporation is an offense, spending too much is an offense, cooking the books is an offense, getting undeclared money is an offense.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>snowwrestler</author><text>&amp;gt; Getting money from a corporation is an offense, spending too much is an offense, cooking the books is an offense, getting undeclared money is an offense.&lt;p&gt;FYI, the only one of those that is not a federal offense in the U.S. is spending too much.</text></comment>