Congressmen gave themselves this advantage. It's called the franking privilege. It was originally designed to allow our representatives to respond to our letters, but the career politicians who now rule the roost in Washington have turned it into a reelection mailing fund. But I guess we're supposed to believe that's just a coincidence. The franking privilege is just one of many advantages of incumbency.
Incumbents spend more of our tax dollars than challengers on average spend in the entire campaign.
No wonder over 98 percent of incumbents are reelected. So much for fair elections. This is Common Sense . I'm Paul Jacob. Common Sense is the daily radio commentary program of U.S. Term Limits, hosted by National Director Paul Jacob.