Earlier last week, when I awoke, I turned on the television just in time to hear that one of the USA Presidential Candidates in the 2012 General Elections had managed to raise over 30 Million dollars for his campaign in a SUPERPAC (What ever that is)
Imagine 30 Million Dollars is only SOME of the money that will be spent on their campaign, when we have thousands of people without jobs. If I were running for USA President, I would have taken one of my Campaign Raises and open a company that can employ a considerable number of people. At least minimum wage earners so they can put some bread on their table instead of wasting all that precious money on TV advertisements, fliers, banners etc
I also know that many of the smaller printing businesses, especially those owned by YOUTH (because I'm a youth advocate) won't get piece of the printing pie or advertising dollar because campaigns will use BIGGER RICHER FIRMS that have it already to get their items printed and messages out there because they want more for their dollar - RIGHT?
I hope I am wrong and President Obama or Mitt Romney put some of the dollars in the hands of small youth business owners and small business owners in general.
I know what I'm talking about. I started my www.kvkenterprises.com business when I was 13 years old in high school in St. Kitts. I registered it in 2003 and so this year July 2012, it turned 9 years. I can personally testify that political campaigns left out my small printing business when they needed prints and went to larger companies or even shipped the jobs overseas to pay less and then wanted my vote. I tried both political parties and those contesting seats to see if I could just print a few items. I was denied everytime.
I must put on record though, that over the 9 years of business, ONE CANDIDATE remembered my business and ensured that I got a little piece of the election PIE when he contracted my small business to print some ELECTION BOARDS and T-SHIRTS for his CONSTITUENCY ALONE - That was Dr. Timothy Harris from The St. Kitts Labour Party. He seems to CARE PARTICULARLY FOR THE YOUTH. No Other Remembered me! All the others from both Parties that I approached REJECTED ME. They didn't even give me 12 items to print to show they cared.
Parties threw away my POWERFUL influence on the young people by brushing me and so many others aside by not putting us to work when they had it to do so. I guess election time will come around again and so. . .
Young people around the globe, start sending in your fliers with the services you offer to the representatives from all political parties in your country. See who responds and who cares about you and gives you something to do. That is one way to begin to see which party will look after its young people or which REPRESENTATIVE really cares.
These are the things YOUTH are looking at, as you ask them to vote for you! They are emotional and hurt when you pass them by and waste your monies on unnecesary things when it could go to help them.
Wasting MILLIONS of dollars on CAMPAIGNS when some of it can help to put people to work is a TERRIBLE WASTE.
How many small factories can 30 Million Dollars open? How many small businesses can 30 Million in funding help?
I think since money is out there like that to WASTE, then money HAS to definitely be there to turn around the worldwide economies, but the people who know and have it are holding it back to keep the poor - poor and the rich - rich.
Khrystus Wallace, St. Kitts
www.kwconsultingskn.com
www.kwforpm.blogspot.com - My Other Political Views to Help Young People