Where is the Reality?

Remember the old Commercial line: Where's the Beef? Republican Spin Doctors talk about reaching out to Minority groups, and Democratic Spin Doctors speak of empathy with the plight of the Poor. Legislation has grown in size and complexity with the years, today being nothing more than Add-Ons where every legislator and Senator gets to include his own bit of graft provision; nothing included in the bill over which any Special Interest could possibly object to, all of it bought and paid for with lobbyist money. The neighborhood Millionarie is as underrepresented as is Our Poor, Blue Collar Workers, College-Educated, Women, Children, and Dogs. Any suggestion otherwise flies in the face of Common Sense, and is an indication of lower Intelligence.

This Author has long supported Public Finance of all Political campaigns, once a Candidate has been nominated by his Party (any Party with sufficient levels of Voter regristation, I advocate 10% of average Voter Turnout). People tell me I am a fool, and state I do not know how much Campaigns cost. I reply with the Statement that Campaigns could be limited to Newspaper Ads and Political Debates of specific number on TV before the Election (herein depending on prohibitation of exterior Campaign funding). I continue to inquire 'What part of current Government spending is incurred by political promises for campaign funds?' does the Individual expect comes from the current system. I relate that probably $1 trillion is spent by the Federal Government, and a like amount is likely spent by State Legislatures; all simply to fulfill Campaign promises made by Politicians to Special Interests to gain Contributions.

Does these amounts seem too high? I doubt it, but even if it were half that, would it not be cheaper to give each Senatoral candidate a half-million dollars, each Representative candidate a quarter-million dollars, and every State legislator candidate $50,000 dollars each. We could give every Presidential candidate some $2 million, and every gubernatorial candidate a million dollars. No matter what it cost, it would still be cheaper than the present system; and the forbiddance of exterior funding would reenfranchise the American Voter. lgl