Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Incumbent lawmakers should not be looting taxpayer dollars to fund their election campaigns. Investigative reporter Lee Fang has learned that incumbents of both major parties are ignoring ethics rules in order ‘to use government money for ads clearly designed to influence voters.’ Back in the 1990s, I was shocked to discover that the average incumbent congressperson spent more using the franking privilege, government funding of ‘official’ newsletters to constituents, than the average challenger spent in his or her entire campaign. In this video age, they’ve upgraded their bragging to living color.” (09/17/24)