According to recent polls . . .
Approval of Congress stands at an all time low. Only 13% think they’re doing their job.
Almost half of American voters “think their own member of Congress does not deserve reelection” while only 25% thought they did.
This is an election year __ perhaps the most important election year in recent history __ meaning we have a choice to make.
Will it be more of the same?
Are we going to be obedient little robots again and pull the lever for the guy with the clever campaign ads and teeth-whitened smile?
Or is it time to take this seriously?
Our situation is certainly serious. Despite the massaged statistics we are fed and the latest Wall Street bubble courtesy of our Federal Reserve, our economy is in shambles. Popular and highly successful programs like Social Security and Medicare are still under attack by the viciously selfish 1%. The rich still don’t pay anywhere near their fair share of taxes, and they seem bent on starving the most vulnerable among us by cutting food stamps, heating oil subsidies, unemployment benefits, child care, school lunch programs. Jobs continue to be shipped to slave wage countries in Asia and profits bankrolled in tax havens around the world. Corporations get the royal treatment and we regular citizens get the shaft.
Had enough of this?
It’s time for some major change in this country.
It starts November 4th.
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