It doesn\u2019t seem right that someone would spend over $1 billion for a job that pays $400,000 yearly for no more than eight years. In a newscast last week, I read that Kamala Harris not only spent over $1 billion on her campaign, but she is still seeking donors to help her pay the balance of her campaign costs (north of $20 million).<\/p>\n
Then I realized she was seeking a government job, and the government has never seemed to have trouble over-spending for anything \u2013 but it doesn\u2019t change my perception \u2013 ridiculous practices when it comes to spending money.<\/p>\n
As I prepared to write this week\u2019s column, I did some research to see if there were advertising spending limits for presidential candidates, and none of the information I found came even remotely close to the $1 billion spent by the Harris Campaign. I\u2019m sure President-elect Trump also spent over $1 billion on his campaign.<\/p>\n
I remember when I ran for school board, candidates were limited to spending in the sense that if they spent more than a certain amount, there was more paperwork required to be filed and more detail to be provided. At that time, I felt compelled to avoid the extra work, so watching what was spent became important to me.<\/p>\n
Maybe it\u2019s only my opinion, but I think all public offices ought to have spending limits \u2013 but I\u2019m sure there are a lot of media outlets that would argue that point with me.<\/p>\n
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Since I moved south I\u2019ve watched the weather back home. I remember while I was growing up I didn\u2019t mind the cold and snow in Minnesota, but as I aged I disliked it more and more every winter.<\/p>\n
As I write this column, you folks in the ROCORI area are enduring something around the teens, with a high expected to be about 22 \u2013 my math tells me where I live, it will be three times as warm with a zero percent chance there will be any snow falling from the sky.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m hoping my memory will serve me well enough that I won\u2019t need to come back to Minnesota to remember what snow looks like.<\/p>\n
Have A Good Week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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