Ron Paul’s Presidential Campaign Donations: where is the money going?
Filed under: News, Politics | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: November 20, 2007 | 13 Comments
If you are looking for a presidential candidate who is tight with your money, then I would have to say that Ron Paul is your man as he has raised millions of dollars in campaign donations but according to Leslie Wayne from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com, he has only used up 46 percent of every dollar raised.
The blog also points out that other candidates who do not raise as much supply posters and yard signs to supports, where Ron Paul asks his supporters to make their own, and that is at their own cost that is just not right. However if people are ok with this, then good luck too them.
You would have thought that the huge pro-Paul billboard that is at the Des Moines airport would have been paid for by the Ron Paul campaign fund, but it has in fact been paid for by a supporter.
If you have donated to the Ron Paul Presidential Campaign Fund, what would you like to see your money spent on?
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I trust Ron Paul to use the money wisely. He has been doing so as a public servant for 20 years; I can’t think of a single other politician that can make that claim.
Ron Paul does NOT and has NEVER asked his supporters to create their own signs. We do so without any prompting from the campaign. The Ron Paul “movement” is a grassroot effort and we all gladly pitch in to help where we can, whether it be with our time or our signmaking skills. I personally prefer that he use the money for media advertising. He has a message of freedom and plan for individual prosperity that needs to be heard. I think most of us have forgotten what the U.S. is all about. It’s time to restore our Bill of Rights, get our country in shape financially and shrink federal government dramatically.:)
Peter,
Please provide citations. To my knowledge, Ron Paul has never asked supporters to create their own signs in lieu of having actual campaign signs. Just last week I was contacted by the Des Moines, Iowa Ron Paul branch and they volunteered to send me some signs. True, the campaign is frugal with their money (but isn’t that smart?). Supporters, over and over, are willing to volunteer and help offset those costs…after all, it behooves us.