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More on the "Fallon Loophole" - Des Moines Register issues thistle
Sunday, April 6, 2008
The Des Moines Register - Thistles & Roses, 4/6/08
It pays to be elected to public office
A thistle to Democratic legislators who would bar candidates from drawing a salary from campaign donors. This bill (aimed at Ed Fallon, who is challenging Leonard Boswell) is an Incumbent Protection Act. Challengers who give up day jobs to run for office must fend for themselves or be independently wealthy. Meanwhile, the taxpayers support or subsidize incumbents. If contributors want to spend their own money for the care and feeding of a candidate, it is no business of the Iowa Legislature.