money, money, money - - thats the problem, with our system the way it is a candidate for president needs to be able to spend millions and millions of dollars to even get their name on a ballot which means either you are extremely wealthy, or you have the backing of people who are extremely wealthy. unfortunately most people who actually have actually made the kind of money required on their own are very smart and as such want nothing to do with being a politician. So generally speaking this leaves us with only those willing to let themselves be bought as our options on a ballot
Its the one thing that makes the left and many on the right hate Donald Trump - - they know they cant buy him because he doesn't need their money
He isn't one of them and it drives all of them crazy
this is why we have court cases trying fine him huge sums of money - - they want to put him in a position where they can own his loyalty just like all of the rest of them
the only way this country ever gets back to where it should be will only happen if we somehow manage to remove money from politics and make it so that every potential candidate can run for higher office on an equal footing without having to sell their soul. - - - JMO