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Carson America

"Why" +

:30 TV ad run on cable TV in IA and NH starting Aug. 7, 2015.

[Music]

Carson: Our children.  Their future.  Nothing is more important.

I'm Ben Carson.  People ask, why run for president?  Because our children face a very harsh future.

        TEXT: Debt: $18.4 trillion  ... Fiscal gap: $213 trillion

Unsustainable debt.  Future generations will suffer at $10 million a day for 5,000 years it still won't be repaid.

        TEXT: $10 million per day for 5,000 years

Washington is broken.  The political class broke it.  Please join me for their sake.

I'm Ben Carson and I approve this message.

Notes: The campaign's first ad.  "Why" ran starting the day after the first debate; according to the Des Moines Register the buy, which included radio ads as well, totaled "several hundred thousand dollars."