Commentary: To Reform Campaign Finances, Let’s Reform the Nation’s Billionaires
Via the Chicago Tribune
All you need to run for president these days is a billionaire.
Or two.
Three is even better, but you can certainly manage with just one.
The bottom line is: Presidential campaigns — with the help of political action committees (PACs) and super PACs and, I don’t know, super secret turbo PACs and decorative money fountains? — have become financial free-for-alls, and as long as you can find someone to bankroll your campaign, you’re in the race.
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