Billy Long's Fiscally Responsible Claims Contradicted in Campaign Spending Records

Billy Long's campaign is coming to a close. When it's all said and done, he will have spent a million dollars for a job that pays less than 20% of that total. He claims to be fed up with wasteful spending, but his entire campaign has been a study in wasteful spending.

During the primary, Long spent large amounts of money outside of the 7th District for his commercial presence. Rather than invest in Southwest Missouri small businesses, Long used beltway media companies to design and film his campaign commercials. Over $100,000 left our district just for Long's television presence.

When you combine this with the outrageousness sums of money Long sent to Axiom Strategies and James Harris in the general election to run in a district that has not elected a Democrat in 50 years, Billy Long's campaign is clearly a study in fiscal irresponsibility. In the end, it's Jeff Roe and James Harris who are really laughing at Billy Long, as they embarrassed Long through Jason Klindt with a story about Eckersley's traffic tickets, but at least Harris learned a new phrase. "Hot diggity dawg."

In the closing days of this campaign, Long's campaign fiscal irresponsibility was best reminded of by his use of retreaded commercials used in the primary on local television stations, including the creepiest of the Long commercials, "Doing the Right Thing" which Long has this smirk on his face knowing he has most voters in Missouri fooled. Doing the right thing in Billy Long's world includes taking campaign contributions from General Motors, a company that owes tax payers billions in bailout money as the US government still owns 61% of the company. Are you really fed up with the bailouts Billy?