The PAC to End all PACs?

        I have recently become quite the expert on Political Action Committees (PACs). PACs are orginizations that pool campaign donations from donors and give the funds to a specific candidate in order for the canidate to have success in their election. The people who run and contribute to the PACs contain beliefs that they want represented in congress, and by putting all their money to a common candidate's campaign, they are able to get these beliefs in the house (in the form of the elected official). While hearing this may make one feel giddy seeing teamwork being used in a productive manor; others understand that there comes a lot of possible corruption behind these PACs. 

        One such man opposer of these PACs is Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessing. Lessing has "long opposed 'big-money' in politics". And today, Lessing announced his plan to start his own PAC to end all PACs: he tells us to "laugh at the irony" (Derrek Willis). You can read the full article here with the details of how Lessing plans to make his dream PAC a reality. 

        Upon reading this article I quickly saw a link that made me question American morals. While I understand and appreciate the determination of the American people to fight for their say in congress, I do feel as if the monetary aspect of PACs tells us something. When we want something to be done, it is simple, just get a ton of money and throw it at the problem. Yes this is much easier said than done, but it seems to me that fundamentally this is what PACs are doing. It seems that a lot of times we have the mentality to make a connection between money and success. If we want our problem to be resolved in order for us to succeed we could try spending more. If we earn more we are more successful. Is it having money that grants us success, because we can then throw money at our problems. While it may sound a bit far fetched, I would argue that many people have this mentality. "If I were richer this wouldn't be a problem!" So can money really solve our problems?