I wonder if that same reason ($$$) is why so many Pubbie wannabes are jumping into the race, too.
Hillary’s campaign went broke in 2008, and she supposedly got money from nominee Obama to pay off some of her campaign debt.
McCain went broke in 2008 and had to rely on money from the FED presidential fund. Amazingly, in 2010, he borrowed some $20 million left over from his presidential funds.
Run for prez — cushion your retirement.
So I take it they can't take the money directly ever? But a loan, hmmm 2 million in an index fund returning 10% in a good year ='s an extra 200k in spending cabbage, nice gig if you can get it...
They can legally pay themselves $800,000 for 2015 and 2016 for presidential salary, getting it from their donors.