"The practice of financing public elections with private money is older than our nation itself. In 1757, for example, George Washington was charged with a kind of campaign spending irregularity in his race for a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses. With only 391 voters in his district, Washington is said to have purchased and distributed during his campaign more than a quart and a half of rum, wine, beer, and hard cider per person"

Dollar Politics, Third Edition, Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1982

Your financial assistance towards my campaign cannot go towards beer and wine, but money is used to help get my name and goals out to the voting public. These funds are needed to purchase advertising, postal services, and administrative services required in order to run a successful political campaign in todays' America.

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