No wonder the GOP desires tighter voter registration laws.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives and state Legislatures are making Americans angry. Think tanks have a hard time keeping up.
Students struggle to increase their value to society amidst recession, and face huge debt. Working people still seek livable wages.
The ill, elderly, homeowners still face fraudulent foreclosures, and many more are mercilessly attacked for obstructing the corporate takeover of our political system. Now women see their decades-long gains attacked.
We’ve reached the point where 90 percent of income reported to the IRS is going to the wealthiest 400 families in America, yet Republicans jab at President Barack Obama’s “socialist agenda.”
Which is worse, supporting a society where a social safety net promotes the general welfare, which we are constitutionally required to do, and which workers and businesses help pay for, or following the corporate model of shipping jobs to countries like Communist China, where the only net you experience catches you after a suicidal leap from a factory window?
America has been there. There are still few jobs on the horizon. Greed and “trickle down” economics still hold sway. Blaming government isn’t the answer. Compromise and consensus on economic problems should be encouraged, especially by our elected officials.
Millions of Americans lost their life savings in the last meltdown, yet we still face corporate assault on any attempt to hold people accountable; that would require “government regulation.”
Instead, it’s time to lawyer up and hire candidates to oppose “more government,” particularly since contributions can now be hidden from the people.
We certainly are exceptional if we allow this to continue.
Chris Young
Caratunk
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