I am slightly pissed off!
I am aware that we have issues in this country, and that a large part of the problem is our political system, and this is not about taking sides with any party, but instead, to address all parties…. Let me make myself perfectly clear on ALL PARTIES, as well. These parties include the people themselves, not just the politicians looking for an easy job. What our country was founded upon, what our country is supposed to be the best representative of and that is not just freedom, but also protection by and from the government. I am offended by all parties at this point.
I am just as sick of the political ads from both sides fully and thoroughly, and I feel that there is way too much money being spent to tell us that one of two parties has approved yet another message bashing the hell out of the other one. Not only on the national issues, but also on the state level, I am just as irritated as the next voter is, and I think that it is time we demand an end to it. This could really help those smaller party candidates as well. Truth is, we can start by checking a box.
On a federal tax return there is a little box at the top of where you write in your name… “Do you wish to designate $3 to the presidential election campaign fund?”(IRS, Fed. Tax 1040; www.irs.gov) There is a very important word in all of that gibberish. It is the word designate, and the text goes on to explain that this is not going to decrease your tax return. There is also one on the Ohio State tax return for a political party campaign fund that I believe is only $2. The important one here, however, is the presidential one.
Huge money, HUGE money, to the real Joe, but who is Joe, really? He is the guy who gets the job done on $9.25 an hour to the best of his ability at trying to keep his money up to date with his bills. She is the single mom who busts her tail end at $8 dollars an hour at a job that may not be there tomorrow, attending community college online after feeding, bathing and tucking in the children. We are The Real Joe and we can use a candidate that can get the job done on the kind of money that is in that fund, and the one who can deserves to be our next leader.
To be fair, we are going to assume that only 200 million people in the US actually have a tax liability, as they are making enough money to have said liability. If you designate your $3 every year, then every four years you have “invested” $12 of what they have taken anyway. Now, that may not seem like a significant amount, but if every taxpaying individual did this, at 200 million people, we are looking at 2.4 billion invested in the presidential election. I know not a lot of people do this, some because they misunderstand it, others because they do not believe it is real. However, if we did all do this, then there is a good amount that can be evenly distributed. And 2.4 Billion, divided by say six groups: that would be $400 MILLION per party to advertise and campaign on.
There should be spending limits on the campaign itself, and the money that lobbyists and super pacs bring in help them to dramatize and inflate themselves to a point of complete idiocy. Instead of making radio, television and internet ads, they should be even more focused on talking to real everyday people, in town hall meetings and more open and frequent debates. Allowing other parties into the mix from the beginning, each party starts with the amount evenly divided and must use only the money received in order to nominate a single candidate in a primary, and also to run that candidate in the general election.
No investing to make money off the money, either. No donations from corporations and non-profits. If you are a non-profit, you should not be able to afford to buy a candidate anyway. If a non-profit wants to truly “lobby” our leaders, do it with petitions and signatures to make effective laws. In congress it is most always a 2/3 vote, so if 2/3 of the population agrees with an idea, then it should be considered.
Overall, the president is not the only person in Washington DC who makes the laws and decisions and congress is mostly in control of all bills becoming laws, so why do we need to “buy” a presidential candidate?
I am really tired of being contacted for donations, and I know that a $3 donation seems like a small amount to donate to a candidate, but sometimes that three dollars means a gallon less of gas to get to work, and those who need the most representation are unable to afford that extra amount, so when we file that return in 2013, check the little box, and then when a candidate sends you a request for a donation in 2016, inform them that you have designated twelve dollars to their campaign and they need not ask for any more.
considering all thinks 