Thats something, then, we need to work on. The system needs to change. Anyone can run that meets the constitutional requirements (which are pretty basic) its getting yourself out there and noticed that gets expensive. There is public funding available but its not to the point it can compete with private donations.
But again, that kinda falls on us to start sending the message that whats important to us is ethics, values, qualifications, etc., not popularity and who is raising the most money. It will take work, A LOT of work but it can be done but it has to first start with the voters setting the standard. Im not saying that having a lot of money available to your campaign is bad, but perhaps we should try something along the lines of you get so much money and thats it. No loop holes, no work arounds, etc. You get x amount of dollars to run your campaign and then your done so spend it wisely.
I actually think that would help teach the candidates some fiscal responsibility which would hopefully show them that they can do a lot more with a trillion dollar budget without them having to make the first option of overcoming shortfalls a tax increase.
I just have never grasped that process of trying to take more money from the people to make up for budget shortfalls. Lets take MORE money from the people so they have less to spend, yeah, that will fix the economy. Here's a novel idea, how about you do what most families have to do and sit down and budget every month. You got so much income, keep expenses below that point, lets try that for once.
