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Liberal
Voting Pays Off
by Marc Perkel
For those of you who are wondering if voting makes
a difference or if
you wonder if it makes a difference who you vote
for, these questions
have been answered. Yes - it does. In just a
few days Nancy Pelosi has
accomplished more that the Republican controlled
congress did in the
last 6 years. The first thing that changed was
that Rumsfield is gone.
The Congress now works Monday through Friday
rather than Tuesday through
Thursday. They reformed congressional ethics
standards, they raised the
minimum wage, cut the interest on student loans
in half, and cut tax
give aways to big oil. The day before the hearings
on domestic spying
started Bush announced that he's going to stop
breaking the law and get
warrants before tapping your phone.
So voting does make a difference and we are seeing
the results.
The Democrats are trying a new way to hold onto
power, do a good job,
put the people first, and hope that people will
appreciate it by reelecting
them for doing a good job. Nancy is also proving
that women are
qualified to lead and if she does a good job
she will be a big help to
Hillary's run for president.
It makes me wonder if Republicans will adopt a
similar strategy if they see
Democrats getting elected by doing a good job.
Imagine Republicans and
Democrats competing to see who can please the
people the most. That could
happen as long as the people show up at the polls
are reward the good
politicians and punish the bad ones. And good
government is the reward the
voters get by paying attention to what's happening
and showing up to vote.
Thank you in advance for voting in 2008.
Marc Perkel
San Bruno, CA.