The cost to maintain the “status quo” - The Explorer: Columns
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am  As election coverage continued late into the night on Nov.
6, and results were confirmed, NBC’s Brian Williams said it
appears to be a “status quo” election. Given the winners and
losers of state and national races, I can’t agree more.  Over
the last few years, we’ve heard nonstop that this country is
unhappy, the people are growing tired of the same old
Washington, yet, we voted to keep everything essentially the
same.  The most staggering fact that stood out to me as The
Explorer staff and I continued covering the numbers, and talking
to the winners and losers, is how much money was spent in an
election that changed nothing.  It is estimated that candidates
and special-interest groups spent upwards of $6 billion on this
election. One of our letter writers this week has it right: our
richer citizens are crying they c