We DID have this — the 2003 McCain-Feingold bill against fed election soft money placed major restrictions on the Rich.
SCOTUS took small bites out of the law, then 2009 tossed the entire law as unconstitutional — money is speech, and the wealthy can the speak with as much as they have to spend.
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