Voting Your Interests

Next time you vote you might want to consider voting for people who will actually help you and your family get ahead. The proof is always in the results. Are the rich getting richer at the expense of the middle class? Is the middle class healthy and enjoying upward mobility? Are the leaders creating more poor people? Results speak much louder than any words about how well the country is doing.

Also, denying people the right to abortion or instituting prayer in schools will not put food on your table or get you a better job.

Race and Voting

Did you know there are actually people who would not vote for a candidate of a certain color in our country? That says a lot about what we're willing to tolerate in our society. Did you know some people even scare large segments of the population by suggesting the brown people will take away their stuff? You can't make this stuff up, it would seem a country like that is full of boneheads.

Car Insurance

These companies take your money year after year. Supposedly they pool the money to pay off claims and still make a profit because less people have accidents than those who do. The company prudently plans for rainy day scenarios where a natural disaster or some catastrophe requires they pay more.

This worked for years and years. Yet recently the "Free Market" has changed the rules. Now you pay even if you are not at fault because your rates go up. They also exclude a lot of coverage and deny as many claims as possible. The free market ends up being rather costly for Joe Sixpack.

This is great for the car insurance company but not for you. Just another example of capitalism working to save you money. Want to change it? You'd have to vote for people that will side with the regular guy instead of the companies.

Political Motivation

Ask yourself. Do I make decisions based on how things benefit me and the people I know? Do I consider the needs of people I don't know or our society at large? This will tell you what kind of person you are. Your vote has that much power. It can determine whether you do well and everyone else suffers or whether you do well and everyone else does well too. It's up to you.

Crying Wolf

If our leaders cry wolf we will believe them the first time. We may even believe them a few more times. After that we must look at ourselves and determine what scares us so much that we continue to believe them even though we know they are crying wolf. It's the old personal responsibility decision making based on verifiable evidence.

Everyone Can Decide for Themselves

Many people extol the free market virtues of people making their own choices in healthcare, food, housing, schools, voting and many other areas. What these people don't tell you is that this kind of system gives the people on top the most power and keeps everyone else where they are. Oh sure, some people move up but, in general, the regular folks stay right where they are. This makes it all the more stupefying that these same regular folks continue to vote for people that keep them exactly where they are.

Does the Politician Benefit You?

If a politician tells you he supports the middle class and then his actions demonstrate he (or she) supports the rich then you might want to vote for someone who will support what you need. The rich do it all the time why shouldn't you? Why would you ever want to vote for someone that doesn't have your interests in mind? For example, how are you feeling about gas and grocery prices right about now?

Political Decision Making

Always ask yourself, "Who is this politician benefiting?" If you know who their actions are benefiting then you can decide if she is right for you. For instance, if a politician backs milk companies do you really think that he's going to reduce the price of milk? It's all in the actions people take and the results they get. If a politician pushes policies that overwhelmingly benefit the rich and you're middle class, how do you view that? It's up to you and it's all about results.