I didn't say that buying votes with legislation was good, I said it's the premise of democracy. Whether democracy is good is an open question. For myself, I'm with Churchill:

> Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

I don't think the premise of democracy is using money to influence politicans. If that's true then the rich have more power.

Please read my original comment. That's exactly what I said:

> Where things go wrong is when money becomes involved, because then the system rewards making the wealthiest people happy, not the largest number. That's an ulterior motive.