Political Capital: Thompson outspends Bloomberg

Nov 5, 2009 by Sam

It’s kind of ironic- Bloomberg of NYC spends 100 million dollars of his own money-taking little or no money from outside interests. The media makes sure to point this out – But yet which is better ?- spending 100 million of your own money or spending 5-7 million of someone elses money- . No one seems to get the point. So even though Thompson spent much less money overall then Bloomberg – Thompson spent other peoples money ( including yours- from matching funds) and could be influenced ( like almost all politicians) by that money -seems to me that Bloomberg’s scenario works out better for all of us. Just think about the way it would be if all politicians were billionaires..