Exactly, which is why John McCain worked so hard to get his “campaign finance reform enacted” and why he and the democrats blew a gasket when the Supreme Court gutted it.
Our billionaires vs. their billionaires.
Most of the people and corporations with large sums of money are not friendly to conservatism. They may be somewhat friendly to libertarianism, but they certainly don't support social conservatives, populist conservatives or traditional conservatives of the sort that Russell Kirk was.
Large amounts of money spent by large corporations and successful billionaires might lead to lower corporate income taxes, less regulation, freer trade, etc. But it will also lead to the complete enshrinement of gay marriage, abortion on demand, government provided health care, speech suppression, government/corporate spying, etc.
If a person wants to give a candidate every single penny he owns, who is to say he can’t do so? It’s nobody else’s business.
Ping. You really ought to weigh in on this story.