I think campaign finance laws invite abuse by the government. They are the camel’s nose in the tent for government meddling in election campaigns. What about a campaign volunteer that spends 1000 hours knocking on doors? If you applied the minimum wage to those hours then they have contributed over $7000 to the campaign and should be in jail according to the law. To hell with this kind of crap.
“I think campaign finance laws invite abuse by the government. They are the camel’s nose in the tent for government meddling in election campaigns. What about a campaign volunteer that spends 1000 hours knocking on doors? If you applied the minimum wage to those hours then they have contributed over $7000 to the campaign and should be in jail according to the law. To hell with this kind of crap.”
Yes and no.
Your example is perfectly legal.
But if it were a corporation or company that knocked on doors as their business it would be service in-kind.
These corporate bands are providing in-kind service to his campaign.