A Campaign against Campaigns

According to http://www.opensecrets.org/ over $1.2 billion has been raised by the candidates for President this year alone. I am not sure if anyone else feels the least bit ill when reading that number but I do. So I have a solution, beginning now don't contribute another dollar to the mess that is Washington politics. If we really want change, we have to listen to Gandhi and "be the change we wish to see in the world". Frankly this is ridiculous to think that in a time where we have people dying from hunger in other parts of this world that the supposed 'greatest nation on the face of the Earth' has just shown its ineptitude by blowing a loot that could feel countless people.

Mind you this doesn't even begin to take into account the amount of money raised by candidates for Congress, State or Local offices.

But what else could we do with $1.2 billion that would benefit the world?



-We could fund 17,106 people to get their Ph.D or Law Degree (at an average $75,000).
-We could purchase 128 million nets to combat malaria ($10 per - Nothing but Nets)
-We could dig 80,187 wells in Africa (based on $16,000 per - World Vision)
-We could send 6,415,000 kids to summer camp ($200 per)
-We could immunize the majority of low income countries ($2.5 billion estimate -UNICEF)
-We could send food and relief to 12,830,000 kids for a mont ($100 per month - Feed the Children)

This is just the tip of the iceberg. The reality is as Americans we have our priorities in the wrong place.

Are you with me? Time for a real campaign. A campaign against campaigns that not only lie, create hate and don't provide any real relief, but who utilize money that would be much better spent on things that are really important in this world!

Join me in the Campaign Against Campaigns...