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Politicians want to divide voters by issues like abortion, the war, gun control, race, class/ economic, sex, etc. They seek the woman's vote, the Hispanic vote, etc., etc. Politicians are constantly trying to divide us, make us compete over jobs & scarce resources & yet we have more in common than what is different about us. And it is when we build on what we have in common that we can move forward, but as long as we remain divided we are held in check, we are held back & cannot move forward, which is where we find ourselves today. The Republican & Democratic parties have little to point to in the ways of achievement. They sustain themselves primarily with partisan rancor & by titillating their ideological bases with wedge issues, being beholden to corporate & special interest, trying to cloak their contempt for the popular will & the public good, & bereft of a vision for our nation's future- looking only to their next elections.  For more click: OurFoundingFathers...
There are better ways to treat crime, disease, & education. One of those ways is prevention, in a democracy we should be able to choose how the government treats these issues because wouldn't you rather prevent crime, disease & drop-outs rather than treat the consequences- especially when every dollar spent towards prevention saves us eight dollars in the state/federal budget. It's simple, after being attacked at least twice (U.S.S. Cole/African Embassies) by the same terrorist group we should've had air-police on every U.S. flight & beefed up airport/national security before 9/11. We should clear dead brush & plants every year in California before fire season, but we don't. Mental health patients need care before they end up in jail or worse. Anyone that says taxes need to be raised is wrong, it is cheaper to send kids to college for 4 years than what it cost to send someone to prison for 25 to life. Blood pressure test, breast exams, blood test, etc. are cheaper than an ER visit for cardiac arrest or stroke, not to mention physical therapy, wheelchairs, walkers or worse. So because of our lack of prevention we actually are all paying too much in taxes! For more on what government could do click: HowToSaveOurDemocracy/Republic
I created a website www.votestrike.com for you, the voters, because, whichever party you belong to they have failed you. The website has the ambitious goal of ending the two party system & the third party myth. Modeled after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Polish overthrow of the communist government, and the Phillipine removal of Marcos. All of this was accomplished without firing a shot. About the author: I'm uneducated, my opinion means nothing but I know that I'm a real good dancer.
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