Except for funds for general-election campaigning, the Scottish Tories already raise most of the money they need to pay for staff and offices.
I occasionally teach creative writing in a prison reserved largely for sex offenders – an engagement which would already raise the hackles of the unimaginative.
Besides, these days, the most successful private equity and hedge funds can already raise all the capital they can efficiently manage without advertising.
"We already raise half a million each year from private donations," says Kent. Donors include Labour peer Bob Gavron and theatre impresario Cameron Mackintosh.
Super PACs and other independent groups already raise more than any of the political party committees and almost as much as either the Republican or Democratic Party committees raise in toto.
States really have just three ways to make ends meet: restrict Medicaid eligibility (which most have done already), raise taxes or reduce funding for other programs to pay more for health care.
