After the South Carolina Republican shouted "You Lie!" Joe Wilson has become a household name. He has since apologized and spent nearly a quarter of a million dollars on an aggressive marketing and fundraising operation. Wilson has collected nearly $2.7 million since his outburst. Those in charge of his 2010 campaign have made an effort to capitalize on his new publicity and support from republicans around the country. He has since spent $52 thousand on web design and online advertising, as well as $42 thousand to help boost his profile on Twitter and social networking sites. In the end Wilson's team has spent roughly $235,000 on fundraising and communication. Rob Miller, Wilson's opponent raised $1.7 million at the same time, but his campaign spent considerably less on fundraising and marketing efforts.
Regardless of what Wilson said, I think that this event highlights just how ridiculous campaign spending is. If these people really cared about the issues that they campaign for, why are they wasting millions that could go strait to solving these issues. Politicians seem like unnecessary middle men. In the end funds are being taken away from there original purpose. People should spend money on what they think is important, not on electing someone with the same values, its just ridiculous.
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This isn't my comment for government, but I saw this article and I had to show it to you somehow!
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I never really heard the full story about this. All I really know is that a guy shouted "You lie!" at Obama. That's true: why pay money to all these ridiculous people when you could fund something legitimate and skip the middleman? The funding may be the people's fault. They probably don't really know where to send it in the first place, except to the politician's pocket. And what's this with campaigns being so expensive?! Why can't an average guy (or girl) go and run for office without some huge financial boost?
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