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Logically, a democratic leader should represent the majority. He should not be richer than them. The only reason rich people are there is because they can afford more powerful election campaigns. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of democracy? I've said it before, I'll say it here. Money should never be abused in an election campaign. We should manage elections like they do in Cuba, where each leader is allowed to plaster a certain number of posters, with only a picture and direct quotes of said leader. That way, no leader gains an advantage due to money. Capitalism and democracy must always be kept separate, if not completely extinguishing the first, but I'd rather not talk about my anti-business views.

Something I learned from a class I'm taking... George Washington was against the party system from the start, In many ways the only way to get elected as president is to have your soul sold to several high up people in a party which your plans fit the agenda of the party. Technically the higher ups in a party could be called mob bosses, exept they don't kill people to get what they want done, they just suck the life out of a potential candidate and set him up to be the executive puppet for four years, though sometimes they have a rebel like Andrew Jackson.
On another note, the "wall of separation between church and state" is not written in any legal document, it was written by Thomas Jefferson in a letter descussing how church would affect the government and vice-versa. The true thing that is trying to be stated here is that church rulings will not affect government rulings, and government rulings will not effect any church above that of another, in other words, the government should stay out of a church's business unless that church is violating the constitution in some fasion, and it is the governments issue to not support one church over another, which is different than the government's current standing which is atheism. In truth, the people within government should remain in whatever religion they started with, and remember the government is not there to make people good, it is to make them free, while keeping people from affecting others freedom to a minimum. (At least the one written out in the constitution of the USA is supposed to...)