$400 Million Does Count!

Robert Frank wrote a blog on Wall Street Journal named, Wealthy Candidates to Spend More Than $400 Million on Elections.  He talks about how Jeff Greene, Linda McMahon, and Meg Whitman spent a total of $400 million on their campaigns.  He goes on to say that it became a small stimulus program with all the money that was being put back into the economy due to needing food, consulting, and advertising, and so on for their campaign.  He also makes a small comment on how they are not spending all this money just to get into the office and we should know that money does not get you into office, and that there are several examples of candidates spending a significant amount of money and still not winning the election.  He then makes a comparison to Michelle Obama's spending with the pet project, and ends with the reminder of the $14.6 trillion deficit.

Frank makes a strong point of the candidates creating a small stimulus project for the communities that they are visiting by putting a portion of their total $400 million into the economy and by it being rephrased the way Frank did, it truly makes the campaigning a lot more desirable in all cities.  However, I would have to disagree when Frank said that the candidates are simply spending all this money just to buy their way in.  Now of course it'll take a little more than just money however, I believe that the more you have to spend the more businesses you'll have supporting you.  Also when comparing the total spending of 3 candidates campaigns to one project and having the same dollar amount attached to it may seem a bit ridiculous, however, I don't see the harm in trying to provide all children with nutritious foods.  It seemed as though Frank wanted to show a little of the colors on the flag he waives.  When bringing it back to perspective of perhaps putting that $400 million towards the $14.6 trillion deficit and explaining that it may not wipe the debt but at least it will get us that much more closer because it really seems like we're getting that much more further everyday.