Why should I be in fear of expressing who I want to be the next president? Why should I be in fear of what will happen to me if I admit that I have come to the conclusion that God is a myth? Why should I be in fear of anything other than the incredibly short amount of time I will have in which to effect change on this world before I die? Why should I have to fear for the future of my children and theirs? Why, why, why?
Yes for the second time in as many days I openly admitted I’d gone to the early voting poles and cast my vote for Obama. The first time I said it was to one of my friends of many years. I was thrilled to hear her say she too was going to vote for him, not to mention much relieved that I didn’t have to defend my decision.
Today I told someone I thought sure was more likely to have voted this way as well in my office. To my utter amazement this individual actually looked down at me as if I were some pond scum. Excuse me?! I simply told him that frankly another 8 years of the same old political free fall would likely smash this country into the ground like some sky-diver whose parachute could have opened if he’d only decided to pull the rip cord.
As one of the 95% of Americans in the working class of this nation, I know one thing is certain. If something really big doesn’t change, we will all be unable to do anything to provide for ourselves or our families. This country will end up looking like some third world chaotic mess filled with a vast majority of people that have no say in where their own futures.
I personally don’t need the government to hand me anyone else’s money. What I really need is to be able to keep more of what I do earn. I need relief from the incredibly high interest rates that I pay on personal debt. And before you go off telling me I need to be a more responsible spender, understand that over 97% of my credit card and personal loan debt was incurred in an attempt to keep food on the table for my children. How on earth do you pay down something that you constantly have to fall back on just to feed your family? Considering I am one of those people that can take $60.00 and fuel a vehicle, and feed my children for a minimum of 7 days, and still manage to hold on to a tiny portion of that in case someone needs cough medicine, I am interested in hearing your solution to that one.
Obama may or may not be the answer. Time and his election into the presidency will be the only way to know. I am willing to take that chance.
