Wouldn't we want a President that spent the least ammount of money on his campaign?
2007-03-27 09:18:31 · 6 answers · asked by hawkeefan 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Because the problem with this is the government itself. It is set-up to where if you don't have 200million dollars, then you won't get heard by the masses. It's that simple, no money= no air time and no air time = no winning of the election. That's why you see these George Bushes winning the elections because of the familys of money they come from.
2007-03-27 09:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by The Prophet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't officially or legally cost anything to become president past taxes. Candidates usually spend around 200 million dollars because any other way you cannot get your message out to everyone in America. Advertising and the production of products to advertise costs a whole lot of money, especially because there are fifty states and over four hundred counties. You could become president if everyone just wrote you in without advertising, but that has about a .00000013475 chance of happening.
2007-03-27 16:24:09 · answer #2 · answered by charlesismist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a real joke isn't it, that it costs 300m-400mil at last estimate, yet there are still hungry and homeless people all around. most of the money is wasted on ads instead of issues!
2007-03-27 16:30:42 · answer #3 · answered by mike_dooley49 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's done on purpose so the average American has zero % chance to become President.
The wealthy want to keep it in their circle.
2007-03-27 16:21:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but form him to get noticed he needs adverticing and people want someone who can bring money into the government.
2007-03-27 16:27:12 · answer #5 · answered by big_yin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question and yes we would.
2007-03-27 16:33:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋