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WHY I VOTE!

By Trish Taylor, Plumas County Democrat and Quincy Occupier

People say to me, “Trish, I won’t vote.  I won’t get involved in politics. I can’t stand politicians.”

I can’t blame them for feeling that way. I used to teach U.S. Government to high school students.  The class was not called U.S. Politics.  It was called “Gov,” and we studied U.S. democracy.

But, it’s politics that fills our news and conversations.  And politics is mean and dirty, full of big egos and deceptive language. It can be truly ugly to watch. Why would anyone participate?  Why vote?

So, I must caution you. Voting is not a political action. Voting is a democratic action.

Democracy is government by the people, directly or through representatives, with equality of rights, opportunity and treatment of people.  That is what my Webster’s Dictionary says.

Politics, on the other hand, is defined with these words: methods, tactics, factional scheming, seeking gain.

]]> sierrademocrats@nospam.com (Webmaster) Wed, 16 May 2012 16:18:49 -0400 http://www.sierrademocrats.com/news.php?item.59.2 http://www.sierrademocrats.com/news.php?item.58.2 Family Values?

The Republicans have been trying to tell us they are the party of family values.  I am not so sure.  Maybe so, if they believe hungry children, mothers without prenatal care; women without adequate cancer screenings; elderly without homes, healtcare or food are family values.  That is exactly what the Ryan Budget endorsed by Mitt Romney will give us.  By the way, 31 Republican senators voted to oppose the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act.  That's family values for ya!

These are the same folks who want to close rural post offices so they can continue to reduce raxes on the very wealthy.  But here is the good news.  Paul Ryan's budget will increase defense spending because the fact that we already spend more than the rest of the world combined is not enough.  It must be auful to be fearful all the time!

Don McKechnie, Sierraville]]> sierrademocrats@nospam.com (Webmaster) Sun, 06 May 2012 15:51:02 -0400 http://www.sierrademocrats.com/news.php?item.58.2