Money and Political Campaigns
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For many people today, people who can be heard on talk shows across the nation, people who speak on television and campaign for change, people who refuse to vote or have anything to do with the political process--for these people and others, political corruption is such a fact of life that they cannot separate the idea of government and government officials from corrupt practices. One reason for this perception is the knowledge that politics is expensive and that running for office requires vast amounts of money, and people want to know what those giving large campaign contributions want for their money. Public funding is an alternative to the current system, and it would be enhanced further by caps on campaign spending. The scandal today, as numerous commentators have pointed out, is not what is illegal but what is legal, with distinctions made between "hard" money and "soft" money that serve the needs of the political parties and yet do not answer the concerns of the public. The need for money today is driving most campaigns, and this can be seen in the recent presidential election. The campaign began for Clinton nearly as soon as he won election in 1992. Even as President, Clinton had to pay attention to the requirements of running for office, beginning with the all-important effort to acquire money for advertising and other purposes: Running for president is very expensive. . . The magnitude of these expenditures poses serious problems for presidential candidate
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Approximate Word count = 987
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page)
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