He does the numbers and and estimates about 14 billion, with the president thrown in (veto power, you know).
When you think about how tiny $14 billion is compared to the $3.8 trillion Federal budget and the $14.5 trillion U.S. economy, it makes you want to weep; how cheaply we have sold our government, and how much we suffer under the whip of those who bought it for a pittance.
Agree, all political elections should be publicly financed somehow. Different political ideas should have equal chance to reach the voters.
ReplyDeleteIt should be like a car race where each pilot uses the same brand car and engine and only skills and/or probably a little luck will define the winner.