I haven’t written about the upcoming election on this blog, but I think the outcome is going to affect our lives and our children’s lives in profound ways.
Here’s my (extremely) distilled view of things:
If you believe in a common good, if you believe that government’s role is to level the playing field and provide a safety net for the most vulnerable among us (the poor, the disabled, the elderly), if you believe that we need to invest in teachers, parks, police, green energy, and student aid, if you believe that you and your daughters should have the right to decide what to do with your bodies, then vote for Obama, and vote for Democrats in the House and Senate, so he can actually get something done.
If you believe government can’t or shouldn’t protect the most vulnerable among us, if you believe that job is best left to neighbors, family, and churches, if you want to see Roe v. Wade overturned, then vote for Mitt Romney and the Republicans.
Whatever you believe, register to vote here.
Why are you going to vote?
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Working Mother Magazine published an analysis of where the congressional candidates stand on policies that support working families like paid parental leave, workplace flexibility, and equal pay.
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Quick shout-out to the authors of this very funny parody based on the Mo Willems pigeon series: Don’t Let the Republican Drive the Bus. It summarizes why I’m voting this year, and every year.
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If it only were that simple…. I am very concerned about the financial impact that the increase in taxes next year will have on the economy. I am middle class and my taxes are going up. I am already planning on ways to cut spending to cover that. If everyone cuts spending then that will spell more trouble for the economy. If people start losing jobs then the government will get less money but still be spending more. The government is the only one that doesn’t cut spending but rather they spend more. I am not giving Obama another chance. I am too worried about my kids’ future.
If only it were as simple as republicans cut/demorats spend. You have to dig a lot deeper than that. Government spending on health care, infrastructure, mortgage relief, and education (including efforts to lessen the financial burden of education) helps the middle class – this is what Democrats tend to spend on. Wars, tax breaks for the ultra-rich (aka ”trickle down economics” and called ”voodoo economics” by George H.W. Bush), as well as corporate welfare in the form of tax breaks and government subsidies tend to be Republican ideals. Obama isn’t perfect, but the gap between the wealthy and poor grew astronomically under Bush II. Don’t kid yourself, a Romney presidency will continue the trend to destroy the middle class.
If you are truly worried about your kids’ futures, why would you choose a.candidate whose stated policies would put their futures in jeopardy?
How a mother can vote for a party that is pro abortion is beyond me. When a baby is born at 27 weeks, we spend tens of thousands to try and save its life. But it’s ok to have a late-term abortion? Choice over our own bodies? That choice has already been made when one choose not to use proper birth control. Bottom line, I will never vote for a party that supports the killing of an unborn.
Most abortions happen in the first trimester. They happen for all kinds of reasons, including when the woman uses “proper birth control” as you say, and birth control fails. Or when she’s raped. Or when she just plain makes a mistake. (Men make mistakes too, of course, but the woman cannot escape the consequences.)
I respect your views on abortion. But please, don’t impose those views on the rest of us.
If the politicians you vote for truly want to eliminate the need for abortions, they should make sex education and birth control widely available–this is something Democrats and Republicans should be able to agree on…Sadly, that is not part of the Republican platform.