Why I Was Going to Run for Congress

I have to tell you that what I learned is that the process to run for office is challenging. It takes a lot of money to run for office. A standard Congressional seat needs a minimum of $1.3 million dollars for staff, advertising, printing, office and travel. That's a minimum. The candidate will be asking for money 4 to 6 hours per day, every day. The candidate will be stumping, at events, at churches, in neighborhoods, seven days a week, long days, for a year. There's no way my business would survive that schedule. And anything less than going 110% just isn't in my DNA. I want to win, even on projects with customers - I want a win. I want a positive outcome.

The US economy is service based

People forget that the US economy is service based. The Bush tax cuts put money back in consumers – not voters, Consumers – pockets. Why? So they would spend it in our economy, since our economy is built on consumers buying stuff. Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Apple, Microsoft, etc. require the US consumer to buy their stuff. And to buy more of it every quarter in order to maintain the stock price for the fat cats on Wall Street.

Small businesses don’t think about raising prices to make more revenue or how to add fees to clients’ bills to make a few extra dollars. Only public companies think that way, since they are a slave to Wall Street.

Scenario for you

Here’s a scenario for you: the payroll tax cut doesn’t get renewed, the holiday credit card bills arrive in January to lucky that are however employed however now with less take home pay. Whoops! Now even less money for restaurants, gas, food, lottery, etc. This cycle ends up with small businesses closing. McDonalds won’t close, yet a franchise may close. Wal-Mart won’t close, however a few mom-and-pops will. BP won’t close, yet the gas station owners may. Now we have more unemployment, more vacant buildings, and more burdens on society, which ripples to more bankruptcies and foreclosures. The pool of people paying for the largesse is shrinking. It’s a mess. Should the contingency arise, small business is the job growth engine, not large business. As small business dies, so does job growth and the economy.

Am I going to run? Not this time. I would need a lot of money. My business would suffer. The spotlight and mudslinging would be annoying. The political process is daunting, so I am going to get my feet wet by helping others this time round. I am going to shed some light on the DC mess and make some noise. I as well may be joining these three organizations: NoLabels, Rebuild the Dream and My America.What do you want Your America to look like in 5 years? What are you doing to get it there? The elected are not leading us; they are screwing us down the river. Ranting on twitter, FB and your blog is fun, nevertheless action is where the tires meet the road. You can make fun of Occupy yet at least they got up and did something. Are you?And voter ignorance in this country is epidemic. See here and here and here. Like as not it is head in the sand defense against so much going wrong in other words out of our control or perhaps it is that we are getting so dumb as a nation that we can't grasp the debt any more than we can balance our check book or perhaps it is an attention deficit society looking for immediate gratification.

I have to tell you that what I learned is that the process to run for office is challenging. It takes a lot of money to run for office. A standard Congressional seat needs a minimum of $1.3 million dollars for staff, advertising, printing, office and travel. That's a minimum. The candidate will be asking for money 4 to 6 hours per day, every day. The candidate will be stumping, at events, at churches, in neighborhoods, seven days a week, long days, for a year. There's no way my business would survive that schedule. And anything less than going 110% just isn't in my DNA. I want to win, even on projects with customers - I want a win. I want a positive outcome.

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