Mega Millions $1.6
Billion jackpot.
Buy a lottery
ticket because it’s fun.
Vote because it is the responsible thing to
do.
If you can take the time to buy lottery tickets, surely you
can take the time to vote in the mid-terms. One action is based on ignoring ridiculously absurd
probabilities. The other action is standing for basic American democratic concepts
such as checks and balances and three equal branches of government.
Here’s where voting for the Democratic Party candidate is
essential. The Republican Party simply
has not acted as a check and balance on the current administration.
Social Security & Disability Are At Stake.
If the Republicans retain control of the House of Representatives
and the Senate, they will follow Mitch McConnell’s agenda as outlined by the Los Angeles
Times.
“At the root of the debate are interviews the Senate
majority leader
gave to Bloomberg and Reuters on Tuesday and Wednesday. McConnell identified ‘entitlements’
— that’s Washington code for
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — as ‘the
real drivers of the debt’ and called for them to be adjusted “to the
demographics of the future.’”
In fact,
it is the “budget-blasting tax cut for corporations and the wealthy that is
estimated to cost some $2 trillion over the next 10 years.”
As the LA Times put it:
“the real driver of
the deficit is Republican fiscal policy and its relentless payouts to the
wealthy.” http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-mcconnell-social-security-20181019-story.html
The Republicans will continue to restrict health insurance
and maybe eliminate coverage for pre-existing conditions. They will continue to take no action
regarding voter rights, respect for freedom of the press, respect for an
independent Justice Department and special counsel’s office, campaign finance
reform, climate change, consumer protection, and banking reforms.
Ask yourself what have the Republicans
done to ban assault weapons or to make background checks effective, what
have they done to guarantee proper veterans' care, what have they done
on job training in the face of automation and what relief have they
provided for college debt.
The Republicans lack empathy when considering issues
involving the disabled and women and minorities and immigrants and children (all of whom are human
beings). They will continue to allow American’s foreign policy and tariffs to
be toyed with by an under-informed president characterized by questionable
personal and business interests.
You may not win the lottery on Tuesday, October
23, but you can win for democracy on Tuesday, November 6.
