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Take yourself back to elementary school, or high school even, do you remember when different students would run for class president? Well i do, and what I distinctly remember is that the students would make buttons or posters or even hand out candy with their "Vote for Me" sticker attached in order to promote themselves and get their fellow students votes. I don't believe that the candy, posters or glittery paint the students used were funded by the school, there was no budget allocated for them or donations accepted on their behalf to further their campaigns. They took their allowance or left over construction paper and made the best of what they had, and the students voted for them based on what the candidate said they would do to improve the student experience. I don't know that it should be any different when it comes to adult politics. I would think it would be common sense to the candidate to fund their own campaign based on the principle that if they are running for a position of employment in government office, which is solely reliant upon the number of votes they receive, that they wouldn't expect those voting for them to pay for them to be voted for in the first place. It is grossly arrogant of politicians and government to use tax payers hard earned dollars to fund campaigns for people that most of the tax payers wouldn't choose to support with their vote let alone their money, hence private contributions. It becomes a battle of who has more connections and better access to cash between politicians and their campaign rivals instead of what the battle should be for, a better life for all Americans. It is almost willingly ignorant to assume that all campaigns are funded equally and that all candidates are given fair allotment of government funds to support their campaigns, this simply is not true. If you are a Republican running for a seat in the senate in Tennessee, and it just so happens you went to high school with one of the Bush kids there's no way in heck your not getting some kind of private contribution from the Bush family and their support in obtaining your seat. But if you're a normal person running for office to make a difference with no connections no cash flow, good luck even getting on the ballot. The reality is that the political world is highly volatile and there are so many variables that are uncontrollable, but creating legislation that prohibits government from contributing to political campaigns is one variable that can be controlled and should never be questioned in its enforcement or necessity.

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