WatchThe ultra-rich (including corporations and unions!) complain that publicly funded Congressional campaigns and ban on private campaign donations would violate their right to free speech.
What they really mean is that a public campaign funding and ban on private campaign donations would limit the ultra-rich to having only as much free speech as anyone else. Unacceptable to them! They want to have more influence over elections than you or I do, so that they can continue to write laws that enhance their own profits, and then hand their laws to their bought-and-paid-for congressmen to sign.
The ultra-rich do have a right to free speech, but they should not have a right to drown out the speech of others with their cash.