Who Can Afford to Run for Office in America?

One of the problems faced by any government that elects their representatives concerns WHO is it among their population can actually afford to run for office and then serve if elected?  

Certainly not a person who is working for a retirement, or someone who needs that next paycheck to pay family bills, or who has a family to help raise or works for a boss who might put pressure on him or her.   

So . . .  we need to find someone who doesn’t have a full-time job?  Or somebody who has a job but also has a lot of time off?  We are really looking for lawyers or insurance salesmen, maybe a Realtor who already has an office and can begin from there.   Or . . . if you could find someone who has a LOT of money already, and doesn’t need to work, then perhaps he or she would be able to run.  

So we are really “requiring” anyone who wishes to run for congress to be People Of Money, and thus we have to select people who are not of the same class as those they will govern. 

Once in office they will need even more money to stand for election again.

So someone elected to office in America will need to represent two constituencies:  1) those who cast the votes  and who may or may not vote, and 2) those who provide the money.  And those who provide the money expect results – to them it is not an expenditure, it is an investment in the future.  An investment in THEIR future.