The Daily Caller has found a way to make campaign finance reform an interesting topic: relate it to something people really care about. Like the Science Bros. 'Avengers' of the Campaign Finance explains why Tony Stark can donate to political campaigns but Bruce Banner can't. (Or rather, couldn't, back when he was legal; presumably, people on the run from several acronymic agencies can't donate to anyone, even if it's legal, for fear of being caught.):

Consider the strange case of Dr. Bruce Banner, the Hulk’s alter ego. In the film “The Incredible Hulk,” Dr. Banner is a researcher at the fictional Culver University working with the military on radiological experiments. Presumably, Banner was paid for this work by the federal government through a Pentagon contract. In doing so, Dr. Banner’s right to contribute was, well, smashed.

You see, while under present law, most Americans are permitted to give up to $2,600 to any candidate of their choosing, federal contractors are forced to forfeit that right.

Things are different for Iron Man, AKA Tony Stark, the CEO of Stark Industries. The fictional Stark Industries has boatloads of government contracts. In the first Iron Man movie, Tony Stark is captured in Afghanistan by terrorists shortly after demonstrating the effectiveness of a new type of missile—“the weapon you only have to fire once”—to the U.S. military. Earlier in the film, Tony boasts to a reporter for Vanity Fair about technological breakthroughs in medicine and “intelli-crops” funded by his company’s military contracts. But because Iron Man is not a sole proprietor, his constitutional rights are shielded.

Time for someone (not me) to write the fic where Bruce wants to support his candidate of choice and Pepper explains to him that he can't. And Tony, always happy to be helpful by throwing money at problems, offers to donate the money instead, and Bruce tries to explain why that's not the same and besides, there's a whopping big difference between "Dr. Bruce Banner" showing up on a donation list and "CEO Tony Stark" showing up on that list.

PLEASE, NEWSMEDIA, DO NOT GIVE ME MORE PLOTBUNNY IDEAS. I do not need them. I have plenty kthxbi.