Ron Paul raised $5 million in the last quarter, more than twice the amount of the previous quarter. Other Republican candidates experienced declines in their rate of fundraising.
One of the most intriguing efforts I have seen is a pledge to pay $100 if 1,000,000 other people agree to do the same thing. I think this is entirely possible, but practical only if the pledge is reworded to allow people to pledge in $100 increments up to $2,300.
Lots of people would like to support Ron Paul if they think he has a chance. Raising $100 million by the end of this quarter gives him a chance almost by definition, and every day earlier that he gets the cash raises his odds. Therefore, there are a lot of wealthy individuals who would gladly pledge $2,300, the max under federal law, if they are assured that Ron Paul is going to have a $100 million dollar budget.
Check it out at www.pledgebank.com. I think that another $1 million challenge has been started, but I think that the $100 million pledge will draw a huge number of people into the fray that would not otherwise give anything.
I have asked for a “slim jim” or small advertising flyer, in electronic format to go on the bottom of all emails as a footer. If this was made easy, so anyone could easily add such a footer to their own emails, the advertisement would spread exponentially. But this has to be a small file, maybe 50kb, so that it won’t slow down other users’ computers.
These are exciting times to live. The election of Ron Paul would have an enormous positive impact on the United States and the rest of the world. Can you imagine the impact of diverting $300 billion annually from policing the world to cutting our tax burden and paying off the national debt? That’s just the beginning, look for spending cuts across the board, a balanced budget and major reductions in the national debt during a Ron Paul administration.
Send Paul some money, buy some slim jims and bumper stickers and yard signs and T-shirts. It’s money well spent. Put a blurb about Ron Paul on your emails, you can get this somewhere on the internet fairly easily.
Oscar Stilley
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