Election pay

If they had the right to vote,  dogs would also run for political office. Since, however, dogs live in a monetary-free world it would be a pure contest of ideology.  Perhaps the dozen or so Republicans contesting for the presidential nomination can take an ideological left-turn and agree that the campaign funds, which will add up to be astronomical sums, could fund the desired deficit reduction or support educational funding.  Instead it is good money after bad simply to serve as an exercise to weed out the loons from the insane.