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       Pennsylvania's eighth congressional district typifies what's wrong in America. Two millionaires go at it to represent the folks in this northeastern part of Pennsylvania.  The incumbent is worth somewhere near $4 million. The challenger is worth somewhere near $24 million. Although it could be near 14 million and $80 million, but that doesn't matter so much as the fact that they are both very wealthy and that's pretty much true all around the country.
       The only people who have any chance of winning in the political sweepstakes of the elections for Congress are the very wealthy. If you're not wealthy or don't have a very wealthy backer, you're gonna get pushed aside in the early stages of the primaries. So what? Do you think that was the plan by the founders of our country? Were the founding fathers all sure they wanted only very wealthy people to lead our country? I don't think we'd be any worse off if only paupers were allowed to run the country.
       And if that were the case, at least we wouldn't have nearly as much graft. That's because poor people don't have the connections that rich people have to play so fast and loose with OPM. That's Other People's Money (OPM). So the best way to eliminate the problem is to get all the dark money out of politics. Put the ceiling back on donations and no secret gifts. But that's unconstitutional. Then we need to make it constitutional. But it would interfere with peoples right to free speech.
       So there you have it. Speech is money. The more money you have the more speech you get. And that's why only rich people can win in elections. But getting back to Pennsylvania's eighth district. It's also between an Pennsylvanian and  a resident of New Jersey and he's the richer one. Can he buy this election? Let's hope not.