Albert Einstein reportedly said that doing the things you've always done the way you've always done them while expecting different results is the definition of insanity.
For a long time we've focused on candidates' ability to raise campaign funds and use those funds to advertise to get name recognition as a way to judge their strength as candidates. They raise and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions from other people. Then, when they are elected and go to Washington, we expect them to be careful with our tax dollars, which the IRS collects for them at minimal (if any) effort to themselves.
If you really expect a candidate to be careful with your money, maybe you should look at how he treats it during a campaign. I don't want your money for ads and campaign literature because I think that's wasteful, especially in an economy where money is tight for so many people. If you want to contribute, give money to a local cause of your choice in honor of my campaign, so it will do some good locally in any case.
If elected, I will do my best to take the same approach -- making every effort to limit what money goes to Washington to begin with, keeping money for local and state projects in those areas where it needs to be used. Meanwhile, for name recognition I depend on those who read this and agree with me to spread the word.
Dr. Richard J. Davis
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