all this talk of who has raised how much for the elections is pissing me off. just think of all the good this money could be doing! instead of wasting it on your posters, fliers, solicitous phone calls and letters, plane trips, suits, ties, and makeup, why not actually do something useful wit it and give it to a good cause: welfare, medicare and medicaid, the police, education, soup kitchens, social security, national parks, government subsidized housing, fire departments, homeless shelters, alternative energy sources, transportation, free clinic hospitals, etc. last i heard, obama has raised $25million. and while i kno that that's a lot of money for him, it it's only small change to the national budget. but every little bit helps, right?
i haven't really thought this thru in detail (as reepal repeatedly pointed out to me tonight). but wat if, say, 6 months before the primary elections, national polls were taken on the probability of the election of the candidates. then the results some of the more respected and accurate polls would be averaged. if a candidate had less than, say, 5% of his party's vote (cause even if all the polls did mess up, it couldn't have messed up that badly), then s/he would be allowed the opportunity to stop campaigning and donate their raised funds to, i dunno, the national treasury or something. i kno that people can stop campaigning basically anytime (but this deadline, wit these results, would be a clear view of reality), but i'm not sure wat happens to the money. i'm damn sure that they're not allowed to spend it on personal things, like another house for their family. i think possibly the money goes to their party's fund, for after the primaries. and if that's true, then i guess it's not all bad. but just think of where all this money could actually be going! wouldn't it be nice if they had a clear opportunity to actually make a difference wit this money?
i get that in order to become president and 'make a difference', you first need to be elected. and this money will help get you the votes. but why not also make a difference on your way to the whitehouse?
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