Overtime for Ron Paul

So far, this is the only comment I have seen recently (dated April 7, 2007) concerning Ron Paul's campaign funds:

His campaign is plugged into the Internet and well on its way to raising its first million.

The link to the article is here.

I am not sure if this is including the $500,000 that had been mentioned about a month ago.

A hundred here, a twenty there. A few tens and a few fifties. It all adds up. Pledge petitions are being proposed and this will help even more. I think, though, we are overlooking another possible avenue of funding: overtime.

As a grassroots movement, we certainly have plenty of people who will volunteer their free time to promote Ron Paul and spread the news of liberty. But some of that free time can be used for overtime at their place of work.

Let's say with 5000 people, each person works just 1 hour of overtime a week. If we take a lowball average of $8 an hour, then half that because of government rape (er, I mean overtaxation), then we arrive at 5000 x $4 = $20,000 a week of extra funding.

Now lets look at a more optimistic, yet a realistic possibility in number crunching.

With 10000 people working about 2 hours of overtime at a higher average of $10 an hour: 10000 x (0.5 x $10) = $50,000 a week of extra funding.

If you notice, I didn't calculate time and half for the OT, but I did this to show that even with just regular pay, money does accumulate quickly.

Play the numbers and see what a little bit of overtime can do for fundraising. Fifteen thousand people, maybe 50,000 or more, with only 1 to 2 hours of overtime a week, and maybe with a higher average wage, the campaign would certainly see a quick growth in funding.

So, to all those great people who are volunteering their free time to promote Ron Paul, don't forget to convert some of that free time to overtime!