Well, given the fit of pique being thrown by most political reporters, the thesaurus isn’t adequate to describe the sums of money being spent this election cycle. Four billion dollars? Yes, it is a lot, but consider the stakes. Here’s another interesting number: $414 billion — the interest the Treasury paid on our national debt this year. Worried about foreign money? Try that on for size.
– Allison Hayward is the vice president of policy at the Center for Competitive Politics, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group dedicated to protecting First Amendment political rights.
I read somewhere that 4B was about what Americans spend on yogurt in a year.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYogurt is better for you.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseProctor & Gamble spends as much on advertising each year - if one company spends it hawking toothpaste and soap, how is it too much for America to spend learning about its federal candidates?
I'm out of flood and wave analogies, too - but I did catch Obama, Pelosi, and Barney Frank sitting in with the blues band at a low-rent dive club last night. They were jamming to Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" . . .
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