As a conservative Republican, even I support the current Wall Street protests. Walking the halls of Congress, I see Main Street being sacrificed to Wall Street.

It's about money buying policy. Protesters should coalesce around limiting funding to politicians. People should vow that they won't vote for any candidate who doesn't sign and comply with this pledge:

• I will not accept any donation from any organization, including corporations, unions, 501(c)4s, PACs, SuperPACs or any other group.

• I will accept donations only from American citizens who are registered to vote in the United States, and not more than $2,000 from any citizen in any election that I am a candidate.

• I will not have or support a PAC, and I will vote to abolish PACs and SuperPACs and make all similar organizations that fund candidates illegal.

We need to change the model for political parties and donations.

Robert Schmidt, Cleveland