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by lunatik on December 7th, 2003

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How do politicians justify spending millions of dollars in campaining on a job that only pays a $100K a year or so?

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  • by Anon on May 29th, 2005

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    As noted, the politicians themselves don't spend all that money so it doesn't matter so much that their own pay is not that great, relatively speaking.

    What's of importance here, I feel, is how politicians justify the amount given to them by donors. In other words, what do the donors get for their money. If their politician wins, smaller donors will have the peace of mind to know that their guy (or gal) won and will have helped to determine the future of their city, state, country, etc. Larger donors might expect greater favors. For instance, the politician might work towards loosening or tightening trade restrictions, environmental restrictions, monopoly restrictions, etc. depending on what people from what industries helped get them into office. That might mean millions or even billions more for a company - a great return for their money.

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