According to media reports, our nation's Presidential candidates had a very good fund raising month of February.
Barack Obama received a record $55 million, the most ever raised by a presidential primary candidate in a single month. This puts him on pace (if he could campaign for 12 more months) to rack up more than $650 million dollars per year. Close on Obama's heels, Hillary Clinton raised an estimated $35 million, and John McCain came in third by netting about $12 million. If we project each candidate's February numbers over a full year--and add them all together--the three presidential candidates are on pace to raise over $1.2 billion per year.
So an interesting thought experiment arises. With our nation's ongoing economic woes, perhaps we should have an endless, year-after-year presidential campaign...with one important caveat: The candidates must funnel every penny of contributions into our nation's schools, roads, bridges, and hospitals. After all, who's currently getting these millions of dollars? Political consultants? PR reps? TV stations?
Let's eliminate the middlemen and put this immense cash to work for the American people.
Barack Obama received a record $55 million, the most ever raised by a presidential primary candidate in a single month. This puts him on pace (if he could campaign for 12 more months) to rack up more than $650 million dollars per year. Close on Obama's heels, Hillary Clinton raised an estimated $35 million, and John McCain came in third by netting about $12 million. If we project each candidate's February numbers over a full year--and add them all together--the three presidential candidates are on pace to raise over $1.2 billion per year.
So an interesting thought experiment arises. With our nation's ongoing economic woes, perhaps we should have an endless, year-after-year presidential campaign...with one important caveat: The candidates must funnel every penny of contributions into our nation's schools, roads, bridges, and hospitals. After all, who's currently getting these millions of dollars? Political consultants? PR reps? TV stations?
Let's eliminate the middlemen and put this immense cash to work for the American people.
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