Reply #19: I'm feeling the same way. [View All]

[TexasSissy]

I'm a middle aged (though I don't look it! :* ) white female with a good job, a retirement plan, a home.

I don't need education to be funded or help with food stamps or housing, or affirmative action. I won't be the one to suffer if there's a draft. Illegal aliens are not going to take MY job. And my job is not the kind that would be outsourced.

I am wondering the same thing you are. Why the f*ck should I go out of my way to vote for candidates who support these causes, root for the middle class, and do things that actually cost ME money in the long run?

I got a tax cut. I got increased contribution limits to my 401K, thanks to the Repubs. I got increased contribution limits to my Roth IRA. My Repub gov is working on trying to cap property taxes, they've gotten so out of hand. But I think that it's not just about ME. It's about EVERYONE and the country in general. The middle class, which I believe is the engine and backbone of the country.

But just why in the heck should I bother anymore, if the ones who need and use these programs and benefits don't even bother to vote? I hope to heck that Bush DOES start the draft! Maybe then some young punk will think, hey, maybe I shoulda voted or somethin'. Or when the next affirmative action program is done away with, some minority will wonder why this has been allowed to happen. Or when the next nonvoting techie gets outsourced, s/he'll be aghast that this has happened to him/her!

*#^#*@&!

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