Nutsack, err Vilsack has announced that he will no longer vie for the Presidency as he doesn’t have enough money to win. For once, I’m actually glad that winning the Presidency is all about the Benjamins. In a perfect society, it wouldn’t cost the voters or the candidates a dime to run for office. Each person would be allowed free travel on all forms of public transport, free advertising on television and radio, and free web server space. In essence, if they wanted to hand things out to other people, pay for their staff, or eat they would have to figure it out on their own. But, if they wanted to talk to the people about their campaign they would be given the same opportunity as everyone else. In today’s age printed media is on the outs and digital media is where it’s at. I’m sure that we could convince the RNC, DNC, and an independent organization to host their web servers. Yes, I don’t have all of the details necessary to make it all work but it’s a start.
So, in summary
Nutsack done = good
High campaign costs = bad
Socioeconomic disparity between poor candidates and rich candidates = bad
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