From Newt Gingrich: Unlimited campaign donations will 'equalize the middle class and the rich' - The Raw Story, by David Edwards, 2014 April 06
..... "It is a big deal because it means that people can give to scores of campaigns," Gingrich told a panel on ABC News. "It's part of a continuum. It started a long time ago when they said that speech included money, which is the original decision. You, as a billionaire or millionaire, could go out and spend your own money. Of course, speech is money." "What's happen[ed] is that you've gone from that original decision to Citizens United, which said in effect that corporations could give, and created super PACs." ..... < snip > ..... Gingrich asserted that the next step would be to allow candidates to accept unlimited donations. "And you would overnight equalize the middle class and the rich," he declared. Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich argued on Sunday that allowing unlimited campaign contributions was a necessary step to "equalize" the middle class with the rich. ..... < snip >
He’s right. Speech is money...or, rather, money is speech. Air time doesn’t come free, and you need money - lots of it - to buy airtime.
The only people who were silenced by the old rules were people who relied on small or individual donors. Taking off all restrictions would give the middle class (he doesn’t mention the poor, since the poor generally don’t donate to candidates) collectively the clout that rich institutional donors such as the unions have.
What’s wrong with that?