but, again, we could look at doing this, but there are also things percalating at the state level that we may change these requirements for everyone in the state. not just locally. >> you know what? >> i think that i skipped ahead to number five. >> is there any empirical evidence that raising it to 1,000 would have offset the influence of the unregulated independent? >> i beg your par don. >> i was just talking about item five i am sorry for the confusion. >> i beg your par don. >> as to the justification for raising it, there may be one. but, the concept that it would offset the influence of unregulated independent expenditures, strikes me as probably not going to have a lid of difference on that. >> i think that if you raised the individual contribution limit with the expectation that it will allow a candidate to have greater leverage in sw