The Misanthrope’s Corner

How to illustrate the problem of arriving at January 1, 2000, with $20,000,000 in the bank, garnered from people who can’t contribute more than $1,000 each? We hear these days much about men worth 1 billion and more dollars, and there are dozens of them. A graphic reminder of how much money that comes to is given herewith: If beginning the day that Christ died one thousand dollars every day were put aside, one would not yet have raised 1 billion dollars.

At a less cosmic level, between now and twelve months from now a candidate would need to raise $55,000 per day. Do you know, counting your cousins’ cousins, 60 people who would put up one thousand each to further your political career, and America’s fortune? Good; that will take care of today’s requirements.

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Florence King

Florence King was a contributing editor of National Review.

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How to illustrate the problem of arriving at January 1, 2000, with $20,000,000 in the bank, garnered from people who can’t contribute more than $1,000 each? We hear these days much about men worth 1 billion and more dollars, and there are dozens of them. A graphic reminder of how much money that comes to is given herewith: If beginning the day that Christ died one thousand dollars every day were put aside, one would not yet have raised 1 billion dollars.

At a less cosmic level, between now and twelve months from now a candidate would need to raise $55,000 per day. Do you know, counting your cousins’ cousins, 60 people who would put up one thousand each to further your political career, and America’s fortune? Good; that will take care of today’s requirements.