get private money out of elections.

This is simple, all elections should be financed with tax dollars. Many have lost faith in congress due to the fact it appears as if they can be bought by moneyed interests in order to perpetuate their careers in congress. Dictionary.com definition for republic is - a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them. Seems as if the supreme power rests with the dollar.