The average cost of winning a
seat in the U.S House of Representatives is $1,567,379 which is a lot of money
spent, to obtain a job that pays $ 174,000 per year.
The average cost of winning a
campaign for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2012 was $11,474,362
The men and women elected to
Congress, fund their elections with other people's money. The donors are
primarily corporations which provide the means for the candidates to get
elected. Once they are elected they repay their benefactors by passing the
legislation that benefits their donors. Congressmen and women do not represent
the people who elect them, they represent the corporations who fund their
election.
http://constitutionclub.ning.com/forum/topics/the-high-cost-of-running-for-congress?xg_source=activity
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