"One Man / One Vote" ???
Hey Folks,
See the headline of the story below?
“Political ads could top $1 billion”
Makes you wonder. WHY would people spend SO much money to get elected to jobs which will pay the “public servant” about as much as a hustling suburban real-estate agent earns?
Pretty obvious, don’t you think?
It must reflect a BURNING DESIRE to serve the people and make a better world.
Right !!!
As we have all seen of late, a “public servant” can make a Whole Lot of money -on the side – once they are elected. They just have to be careful not to get caught.
But while these yo-yos DO benefit, they are not the ones who provide the billions for the campaigns. No, that comes from their masters, the top 1 to 10 percent on the wealth ladder. Those who can afford to OWN the politicians – Democrats as well as Republicans.
It’s “The Golden Rule” : He who has the gold makes the rules.
It mocks our imagined American “democracy” when “our” elected officials see their job as fulfilling the fantasies of the super rich while successfully pretending to fulfill ours.
“One dollar / one vote” isn’t our definition of democracy – it’s Bush’s; you know him; he's the guy who called his constituency “the Have’s and the Have More’s.”
- Uke Man
Political ads could top $1 billion: survey
By Paul J. Gough Fri Apr 21,
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - With midterm elections for the House and Senate looming in an uncertain political landscape, a new forecast finds that political ad spending in 2006 might beat the record set in 2004.
Political ad spending could top $1 billion, according to a Campaign Media Analysis Group forecast released Thursday at the Television Bureau of Advertising's annual marketing conference in New York.
The record for political spending came in 2004, when the hotly fought presidential campaign between President Bush and Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry and other races saw $1.7President Bush' name=c1>SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3>
billion spent on TV ads. Much of that went to local stations in the campaign battleground states such as Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Campaign Media Analysis Group chief operating officer Evan Tracey estimated Thursday the large number of competitive races -- half of the nation's governors, 40% of Senate seats and as many as 60 House seats -- and an increased limit on spending make it likely that there will be more than $1 billion in election ad spending this year.
See the headline of the story below?
“Political ads could top $1 billion”
Makes you wonder. WHY would people spend SO much money to get elected to jobs which will pay the “public servant” about as much as a hustling suburban real-estate agent earns?
Pretty obvious, don’t you think?
It must reflect a BURNING DESIRE to serve the people and make a better world.
Right !!!
As we have all seen of late, a “public servant” can make a Whole Lot of money -on the side – once they are elected. They just have to be careful not to get caught.
But while these yo-yos DO benefit, they are not the ones who provide the billions for the campaigns. No, that comes from their masters, the top 1 to 10 percent on the wealth ladder. Those who can afford to OWN the politicians – Democrats as well as Republicans.
It’s “The Golden Rule” : He who has the gold makes the rules.
It mocks our imagined American “democracy” when “our” elected officials see their job as fulfilling the fantasies of the super rich while successfully pretending to fulfill ours.
“One dollar / one vote” isn’t our definition of democracy – it’s Bush’s; you know him; he's the guy who called his constituency “the Have’s and the Have More’s.”
- Uke Man
Political ads could top $1 billion: survey
By Paul J. Gough Fri Apr 21,
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - With midterm elections for the House and Senate looming in an uncertain political landscape, a new forecast finds that political ad spending in 2006 might beat the record set in 2004.
Political ad spending could top $1 billion, according to a Campaign Media Analysis Group forecast released Thursday at the Television Bureau of Advertising's annual marketing conference in New York.
The record for political spending came in 2004, when the hotly fought presidential campaign between President Bush and Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry and other races saw $1.7President Bush' name=c1>SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3>
billion spent on TV ads. Much of that went to local stations in the campaign battleground states such as Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Campaign Media Analysis Group chief operating officer Evan Tracey estimated Thursday the large number of competitive races -- half of the nation's governors, 40% of Senate seats and as many as 60 House seats -- and an increased limit on spending make it likely that there will be more than $1 billion in election ad spending this year.
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