We’ve all seen the ads on television and on the roads on our way to work. Now that the hustle and bustle of the 2010 congressional elections is drawing to a close, it’s time to reflect on this election year. 

This year, the Republican Party broke new records by spending over $2 billion dollars on marketing, banquets, and other campaign resources. The Democrats are not innocent either, but did not spend nearly as much on their campaigns due to the confidence of their incumbency.
Liberal or conservative, we can all agree on one thing: politicians need to spend less money on campaigns. The money could be put to a much better use, and having too many expensive political ads and PACs seems almost too excessive.

The reason that the common man can never run for office is because it costs so much money to run for office. Working class individual could never even hope to win an election without a substantial amount of support from donators, and what corporate lobbyist is going to put a working class individual in power? 
Perhaps if we lowered the bar a little, we’d have more of a homogenized entry into the political world. 

Since this country is about freedom, should we not have equal representation of all races and all social classes in congress? You don’t need to spend $5 million dollars on marketing to get your message across to the American people, and it is certain that most people would rather hear a candidate talk straight about the issues instead of spending an excessive amount of money on smear campaigns to damage their opponents.