We identify the losers of political elections as the candidates with lower vote counts. We seem unaware that when two rich guys compete for a political office, and the looser returns to private life, writes a memoir, which earns him upwards of 50 million dollars, then conducts year-long speaking engagements, with each engagement earning him upwards of $35,000; most of us middle class folks wouldn’t describe his end-result as “a lost.” Yes, we know that most candidates who lose elections do not wind-up with the lucrative outcome just described. However, most of them do return to prestigious, profitable jobs in the private sector.
A better tally of “the authentic losers” of a political election should be achieved by counting the increased number of families seeking government assistance, the increased number of foreclosed homes, the increased number of unemployment . . . the increased amount of misery in every aspect of life – especially the increased lost of hope.
These outcomes should never be the price we pay when anyone wins an election. Yet, more and more it is becoming more common.
By
James A. Porter
