Too Much Campaign Spending?

Imagine how much you think it cost to campaign as a presidential nominee. Running for high school president consists of throwing in some of that fast food change you slaved to earn to make some tee shirts or a poster. Then in city elections you might spend time visiting town halls or putting up signs. Coming into state elections when you begin commercials, which according to polls taken by USA Today only 2/3 of Americans find them useful, 105.7 million dollars is spent campaigning and persuading by every candidate running for any state position. Climbing up the political ladder and reaching the top we have the presidential election. From the state elections which consists of multiple elections coming to 105.7 million we have only two candidates. What is the price of democracy you might ask? Not to just dump it on you all at once Obama raised 45 million over those state elections in September alone. In total over 2.4 billion has been spent towards the 2008 election. That is enough to educate over 150,000 students at Yale. Many laws have been passed limiting contributions but are they really limiting them enough? Many Americans are asking why can't this money be put towards our other political issues. Why not put this money towards the economy or national debt. Many Americans have their reasons for wanting campaign spending limited. Wouldn't it be better to put that money in medical research or to help suffering and starvation in third world countries? I personally believe we should look at this wasteful spending and decide some strong progressive uses for it. A true presidential candidate would be one who realizes they can take all that money they pour into flashy commercial undermining their opponent with congeneric remarks to that of fighting children and put it towards a good cause. Would America see that as foolish and could they possibly be forfeiting their chance of winning? It's very possible, but at least they did something productive. Then this contemptible act of wasteful spending could be used towards more productive measures.

Uncle Sam