According to CNN, this year’s midterm elections cost about 4 billion dollars. That’s more than enough to pay for kindergarten through 12th grade schooling for 12,000 students, CNN says.

Much comes from “dark money,” that is, donors who don’t have to be listed by the groups they give to.

Too bad we don’t have that money for our schools. Or to repair our roads and bridges. Or to invest in jobs. Or to pay for mental health clinics that might reach a few of those unbalanced people who routinely shoot at students and others. Or to (fill in the blank with your choice.)

Plus, what happens to the people elected with this money, especially the dark variety? Won’t those elected office holders feel beholden to those who spent their money to get them in office? Who are they going to represent? One of those dark donors with the millions or the people who only voted for them?