The Broken American Dream

One of the things that made our Country great was the belief that anyone could aspire to hold the highest office in the land. When looking upon a kindergarten class, you may have seen the future President of The United States. That kid can still grow up to be the Commander In Chief with hard work and....Oh yeah, about 500 million dollars. That is what each Party's Candidate is estimated to spend during this years Presidential Campaign. Together that's a cool billion dollars to elect our President, smashing previous records. It's simply outrageous that one billion dollars will be spent by the Parties in this election. The time has come to establish a set of rules that will govern future campaigns. Setting limits on the amount of money that can be used in the campaign, and making sure that candidates have an equal amount to spend, would be a good place to start. Maybe this is a crazy idea, but I would like to see the Federal Government foot the bill for the campaigns and disallow any other donations. Each Candidate would receive a predetermined amount of money to use in their campaign. Perhaps with this method, we could accomplish two important things. Diminish the influence of special interest groups, and put the Presidency within reach of the common person once again. Then when watching that kindergarten class, you could safely say that the kid eating the crayons is likely to run for President some day.