It is almost the end of one of the earliest Primary Election seasons in U.S. History. By next week. The country will have a clear idea of their choices for President for November's election, but in the intervening months there will be many who will regret the decisions that were made in the early months, which others have termed, "Buyer's Remorse". Will this remorse extend to other parts of the campaign?
I have often wondered about the monies that are collected by candidates for this early election period. So far Baraq Obama has raised $138 million, Hillary $134 million and John McCain $53 million (see website). Mitt Romney had raised $105 million before he dropped out of the race. By my simple math-brain, that makes John McCain the best investment with the best return. Campaigns have become a black-hole for waste, with campaigners spending millions on temporary, get-out-the-vote rallys and party-party-parties. Can you imagine anything more debaucherous than spending money on political campaigns? Well, maybe a duplicate security clearinghouse because it is located within your congressional district and providing useless jobs for voting constituents. Can't we think of a better use of valuable resources? I thought that during the previous 7-yrs. the politicians were concerned about how we were spending the money that went to defense and tax relief to "taxpayers", but not a second thought for tossing money down the political rat-hole.
At this point Obama looks like the riskiest investment, but I think that Hilary poses the biggest risk. With Obama forging ahead and Hilary spending money like there is government-run healthcare tomorrow, there is no hope of Hilary being able to pay back any large amounts of money, due to lack of support.
In the end it all comes down to how you want to spend your disposable, or in some cases, only income.....But for me and my house, this is....Just an Observation.
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