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Monday, April 08, 2019

What should a billion dollar presidential campaign pay its senior campaign advisor; what under a totallity of circumstances is fair to donors and to the advisor?

Newsweek:

President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign is planning "historic" fundraising of one billion dollars — nearly three times what the Republican candidate spent to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016 — according to one family member and campaign adviser.

Speaking on Fox & Friends Sunday morning, Lara Trump — the president's daughter-in-law and 2020 senior campaign adviser — reiterated the president's re-election campaign is seeing "historic fundraising" and expects to raise one billion dollars to keep Trump in the White House through 2024.

Democrats have raised far more money than their respective Republican opponents in the last two elections. Former President Barack Obama raised $731 million against Mitt Romney's $474 million in 2012, while Hillary Clinton amassed $623 million compared to Trump's $335 million.

Lara Trump — wife to Eric Trump, the president's second-oldest son — bragged the majority of money already raised has come from low-dollar ($100 or less) donations, declaring "the people are behind us."

The better the compensation, the better the quality of campaign advisor that will be attracted to the job. Money talks. Family doesn't walk. Pay her more, she'll do a better job; give her the whole billion and she'll be unstoppable. Understand all that when you again write that fifty or hundred dollar check to keep making America great, again. All the money goes to the cause.