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September 8, 2008
Politics
I just wrote this as a lengthy comment on another blog and I didn't want to leave it to entire internet obscurity, so I'm reposting here, with minor editing, for only the relative obscurity of people who wander onto this blog entirely by accident.
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The part of this election that frightens me is that people seem to listen to the propaganda of one party to talk them out of voting for the other without verifying facts.
The Democrats have a reasonable stance on gun control. Keep your guns - I assume you bought them legally and could pass a basic background check, know how to use them safely, and keep them away from children? Democrats just want to enforce those basics. http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Democratic_Party_Gun_Control.htm. Just enough control to prevent the Virginia Tech style tragedies, and hopefully a few of the police funerals that have taken place in my city this year.
As for taxes and redistributing wealth, the Dems only want to raise taxes only on incomes over $250k. We have to pay for the past 8 years of war and keep this country running somehow. But over the past 60 years or so, even the super-rich have fared better under Democratic presidents because of the greater economic expansion. So if history holds for the future, the rich will have as much money either way - either pay less taxes and make less, or make more and pay more so it works out EVEN for them. Meanwhile, everyone else has done better under Dems and worse under the GOP.
I used to be really moderate. I used to have trouble deciding who to vote for. But I live in a major city now, where people tear open my trash looking for edible food because they are hungry. Where I've seen a family sleeping under a comforter together on a warm exhaust grate because they've lost their home. We need to do more to take care of our neighbors and compassion for others shouldn't depend on how much you've earned or been given.
If you don't agree with me, please take the time to research party platforms before you make your decision.
Posted by Janice Ryan at September 8, 2008 10:58 PM
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Posted by: PsychMamma at September 8, 2008 11:40 PM