By &quot;rich&quot; I assume you mean the teachers unions. [1]<p>So long as the state appropriates and controls a vast share of resources all the people will vie for a share of it. They will find innumerable innovations. Those who have the means (money and influence) on their own always find a way in. So many of those of lesser means find ways to band to together to push themselves up to the trough. This leaky boat cannot be made seaworthy. [2]<p>&quot;Public election funding&quot; is another way to say, &quot;Let&#x27;s give the current incumbents monopoly control of the financing of elections.&quot; You can bet that whatever initial formulas they devise for distributing this cash (which confers the power to decide elections) while everyone is watching will be creatively &quot;improved&quot; soon after the public has shifted is gaze. Even when the initial formulas are evenhanded, we see unintended consequences. [3]<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.opensecrets.org&#x2F;orgs&#x2F;list.php" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.opensecrets.org&#x2F;orgs&#x2F;list.php</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mises.org&#x2F;library&#x2F;politics-cannot-be-fixed" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mises.org&#x2F;library&#x2F;politics-cannot-be-fixed</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;monkey-cage&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;15&#x2F;how-public-funding-of-elections-makes-politics-even-more-polarized&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;monkey-cage&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;...</a>