Thereis a big issue being discussed in this presidential campaign, and it involves who candidates will and will not take money from.
The idea is that somehow, if you accept donations from a criminal, it rubs off on you. I think that’s nuts. All you’re doing if you take money from a bad guy is separate him from his money! There’s no way that’s why the criminal made his money illicitly to begin with, so you’re not exactly supporting their life of crime. But once they got it, I say: Take it. Were I to be running, my motto would be: “I’ll take money from anybody!”
Giving money is a different issue: that’s where you have to screen where your energy goes. You need to vote with your dollars. But if money is energy, then why not separate money / energy from evil? If Exxon wants to give me a million bucks, I will take it.
