Mitt Romney: Don’t Run For Office If You Need The Salary: TPM

[Wait Wut]

48. You make some very good points.

I always wondered why there wasn't a "cap" on election spending. Making that cap relative to the office, of course. And, I'm not a big fan of "Clean Elections", either. Although, it is a step in the right direction and has helped a few Dems in Arizona.

We also can't demonize all wealthy candidates or politicians. Some have worked hard for the rest of us. But, those are the same politicians that would be more willing to go along with a spending cap than the corrupt pols that will do everything in their power to twist the system. SuperPACs need to go away. Because they're not funded or (supposedly) backed by a candidate, that cap wouldn't apply to them.

I'm giving myself a headache trying to figure this out. It's all unfair to less wealthy candidates, but I see no way around it, at this point.