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Ron Paul and the Million Dollar Boost

As some of you know, the Ron Paul campaign set up a $500,000 goal to hit in terms of fund-raising for this week, which marks the final week of the 3rd quarter. In 3 days, the campaign hit this goal, and is now trying to raise $1,000,000 total for the week. You can see their current status at the Ron Paul for President website.

I was calculating an estimate yesterday for how much they’d raise if the average hourly fund raising numbers stayed consistent, and as of yesterday, the number would be $920,000.

As of 8:45PM CST today, the campaign raised $590,010. This means they’re raising about $105 per minute. There are 4455 minutes remaining, so if they continued at that rate, they’d reach $1,057,000. That sounds like an impressive number, and for the Paul campaign it is.

But it isn’t enough, and it is far short of what a campaign promoting freedom should be getting.

Look at it this way. There are an estimated 250,000 Libertarians in the US. There are an estimated 1,000,000 libertarians (small L) in total. What are these people doing with their money?

I’m not a fan of voting, because I look at most votes as immoral. But I have no problem morally giving money to anyone — for any reason. I support Ron Paul because his message is making a difference TODAY in the hearts of tens of thousands. I’ve never seen more debates on the fraudulent Federal Reserve, or the IRS, or the various Wars. This is a good thing, and my money goes far.

If all 1,000,000 libertarians in this country would skip 4 cups of coffee a quarter, they could give the Paul campaign $20,000,000 per quarter. Most of us would see more than 100 times that returned to us just by chopping the IRS off the budget and let them work purely voluntarily or by donations. Let’s see it happen.

If you go to rallies, give a few bucks. If you love freedom, give a few bucks. If you’re afraid of what your kids will live through a generation from now, give a few bucks. If you’re sick and tired of the Baby Boomers who are kicking their bills to us, give a few bucks. If you’re a Baby Boomer afraid of watching your fixed income retirement disappear to inflation, give a few bucks.

$1 million is not a goal, it is just a nice number. $20 million is a goal, and it is a goal that we should seek for the fourth quarter. We’re giving the maximum this year ($4600), and if a million freedom lovers gave even $1000 a piece, you’re talking about a BILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN. Remember, $1000 today could mean $6000 back in 2009 when the agents of IRS are picking strawberries, putting stickers on babies at Wal*Mart, and wiping your car windshield looking for some extra cash.

Do it. Give a few bucks. Every week. Skip dinner this week. Skip coffee.