I Think We May be Overlooking A Valuable? Resource 

      After a casual and partial study of the people involved in the current presidential campaigning efforts I have come to this conclusion - - - We may be overlooking a valuable resource. Let me explain. 
      When I say we, I mean the citizens of the United States of America. Watching the current political histrionics the thought has come to mind that the only difference between the people running for office and those people incarcerated for criminal tendencies, or mental deficiencies, is that the people running for office haven’t been caught yet. 
      We have one or more candidates who are promising world-class education for anybody in the country, from preschool onward. They are also promising that the teachers of all these students will get additional world-class training. 
     Now I hear you saying, “Campaign promises? Yeah I know, promises made in the heat of trying to win the most powerful position in the world are like bird poop in an aviary. Not surprising, mostly accidental, and worth about as much.
     To carry out these promises will take mega-bucks. Why not spend some of that money in a little different way.
     And of course these promisors are depending on the government to pay for this. An aside here - the government can’t pay for anything, because it doesn’t have anything. It produces nothing, it create nothing. It does nothing to increase the wealth of the nation. But I digress into another subject. 
      One more aside - How do the current teachers, most of whom are breaking their backs to give their students a world-class education, feel about being told that what they thought they were doing is coming up so short of the mark that they need the intrusion of yet another federal financial black hole entity meddling in their profession. I mean, look at how successful? previous governmental meddling has worked. 
      I keep hearing, “Are these candidates the only choices we have? Is there no one else out there?” 
     Thus back to the possible untapped resource previously mentioned, those people incarcerated for criminal tendencies, or mental deficiencies. 
     Why not open up the campaigning for president to those so incarcerated who show an interest in politics. I mean the two mindsets are probably not that dissimilar. We may find some good candidates. The government, in the guise of equal opportunity, could furnish them with the means (I mean one more boondoggle more or less is not going to kill us), and see if we could foster more choices for us citizens.