Sunday, October 16, 2011

Campaign Finance

Am I comfortable with how much money goes into election campaigns? Yes, I'm completely okay with a billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) going towards each candidate to only have one become the head of a given position. Obviously that statement was written with sarcasm. Imagine that: one billion dollars per candidate. I like to think of it as a giant community gamble: if they put their money towards the winning electorate, they receive their money's worth. Otherwise, people are down a few extra bucks or so.

And I don't really think there is much the government can do. Yes, the government would gladly love to put laws limiting the amount of money they receive. I'd do it in a heartbeat; who wouldn't?

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