I found an article called “Shrinking Government would Diminish Politicians’ Power,” to be quite interesting. The quote this article discusses is “Protect free speech without gutting public financial law.” This quote is an attempt to get rid of the kind of government we have today, one which is powered by money. The politicians to be elected are always extremely rich and powerful. The reason they are elected is because it is so easy to get their message out to the public. If you only see one person campaigning on the television, well chances are they will be the one that you are going to vote for. Not because they claim to have the policies that will fix everything, but simply because you know more about them than a politician who does not have enough money to get public attention. This is a major problem, because with this system, money pretty much rules everything. Why do people spend so much money just to get elected? With the power that comes with a high-ranking position, you can reward yourself and punish your enemies far too easily, which is a completely corrupt system. If you can money, you have power, but that isn’t the way that the government was meant to be. The only way to end this type of corruption is to level the financial playing field for all candidates, and all who would like to run for office. However, personally I don’t think this will ever be achieved. I feel that it is part of human nature to seek power, and very few people would put the people before themselves with such power.
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