That being said, it's impossible to ignore that spending freedoms did give PUP an edge in the 2013 election, leading to their eventual win of one House of Representatives seat and three seats in the Senate.
His glee couldn't be much clearer: Freedom to spend = freedom of speech = good for America.
"How much money would you spend for freedom?" he asked Tuesday, after buying airtime from Lexington to Louisville with money he inherited from his grandfather in 2010 as he was being pulled into the libertarian orbit of Mr. Paul.
Corporations, unions and advocacy groups were given this laissez-faire spending freedom in a misguided decision by the Supreme Court.
For Catholic schools on the brink of closing, there is much to like about the idea: an infusion of public dollars that translates into increases in teacher salaries and per-student spending, freedom to shape an independent curriculum and the ability to attract families that cannot afford tuition.
Environmentalists fear the countryside bill, which has had more than 300 amendments from Tory peers to restrict access to their land, will be sacrificed to enable other important bills - on election spending, freedom of information, policing in Northern Ireland, criminal justice and transport - to be completed.
The trick: "You need to give people the freedom to spend and the freedom to make mistakes," says Takeo Fukui, Honda's 61-year-old president.
Meanwhile, Luke is still trying to find his wife from Canada after learning she's still alive, and Moira is spending her freedom protesting, though it looks like she's found some time for a new love interest.
The government has begun a push to recast Wednesday's huge budget deficit reduction plan, with the chancellor announcing he would be protecting key infrastructure projects and giving councils new spending freedoms.
* * * People are most likely to spend their pension freedom cash on home improvements, reckons the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.
Money has a way of getting round the rules, and the Supreme Court does not help by (mistakenly) equating freedom of speech with freedom to spend money ad libitum on getting elected.
