I’d like to be able to regain some pride in all our towns and cities across the nation. The current budget crunch of every state and municipality is being stressed past breaking with every inch “The Campaign Trail” moves. Like Sherman’s march to the sea, it burns dollar bills in uncountable volumes.

The direct cost for this circus to build emotional excitement and appeal with it’s 19th century ceremony, would boggle the mind if anyone dared to account it. It has to be $ MANY $ BILLIONS $ of direct tax money from everyone of us that is spent by every government agency from the top of federal to the street cleaners and overtime for local police before, during and after even the suggestion of a visit. That doesn’t include the indirect costs of shutting down the local economy and transportation routes system of air and surface movement in it’s path. For every “seen” effect, there has to be at least three “unseen” that cost the people money or keep them from making it. How many deliveries don’t get made? How many “contingent” resources have to be activated and then put away, hopefully without use?

At a time when every local and hijacked penny is being squeezed for bare necessities of government function, I fail to see the benefit of “drop by” to redundantly spread misrepresentation. This coercion could more efficiently be disseminated through todays communication technology. In stead of bringing more, let us be able to afford to get the garbage we have, hauled away.

PLEASE Mr. Candidate, stay the fuck HOME and lie to us from there!!

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