Campaign finance reform

  Campaign finance is a know detriment to our system of government, so much so that congress has tried in the past to reform it and limit its influence.

  A limitation on donations is a good first step but leaves in place a second leg of campaign finance problems. Under present law Legislators get to claim as their own money the accumulated unused wealth in their campaign finance fund. This sometimes amounts to tens of millions of dollars that make these Legislators personally wealthy in retirement. These same Legislators get a generous retirement from the government.

  Allowing these Legislators to take this campaign finance and transform it into personal wealth is an obvious avenue for undue influence in our government.

  The best use of this money donated to government officials is to be put into a public finance fund. It can be given to candidates for public office that refuses private donations for campaigns.