I hope we can agree (even in these fiercely divided times) that political campaign contributions are a major threat to our democracy. But let’s call it what it really is: legalized bribery. You pay the money and your representative or senator votes that way. And you can forget about any campaign finance solutions from these folks; only you, the voter can solve this.
The rule: Vote for the candidate who solicits and spends the least money. Supporters of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, may cry foul, but this also applies to our two Democratic senators, one of which is up for re-election. If an incumbent is doing such a bang-up job of representing us, they should not need to spend millions of dollars to convince us.
This is not a perfect solution, but for the sake of our country, we need to start somewhere.
