[anymouse]

Yep, sounds like a pyramid scheme to me too.

I know that fund-raising is the lifeblood of a campaign, but how much unintended backlash is this going to cost Romney? I can imagine some overly creative students using unethical if not illegal methods to boost their "sales" goals. Especially late in the Summer when they realize that they are not going to meet their own personal financial goals.

We're going to see a flurry of phone and Internet solicitations that make the 2000 and 2004 campaigns look tame.

[jmboyer1]

While all may not like the idea, you gotta give him/his campaign credit for original thought/ideas. Such creativity and "out of the box thinking" is what might carry him far. If not as the Repub. nominee, then as Veep for Rudy (?) or maybe a cabinet post. Who knows, but such creativity is a good thing to have as President, IMO.

[Vigilanteman]

Yep, sounds like a pyramid scheme to me too.

No, a pyramid scheme is like Social Security. Those who collect early before the thing collapses make money; everyone else is left holding the bag. This is more like multi-level marketing, which has made more than a few companies wildly successful.

I've often thought the entire social security problem could be solved in a generation or two if it was based, at least in large part, on what your kids contributed in taxes.