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In reply to the discussion: I AM worse off than I was four years ago. I have [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)I've lost an avg. a $600 - $800 a month, and our non-profit could no longer afford to pay insurance premiums on health insurance, so I am now uninsured.
I'm going to vote straight Dem, but I am very disappointed that more has not been done by Democrats to stop wealthy private interests from raping the people and the planet.
Market based solutions are not the answer. We need to triple taxes on the wealthy, institute strict control over corporations in all areas, and enact a modern New Deal type socio-economic program.
If Democrats had done what needed to be done instead of kowtowing to corporate interests, the Obama - Romney race wouldn't even be close. Romney would be conceding defeat in October, and Obama would win in a mega-landslide.
Instead, we now have to be concerned about another Bush, in the person of a shallow, greedy, ignorant, corporate stooge like Romney, possibly becoming President. I'm not at all happy about having to sweat this election when this could have been avoided.
Centrism is milquetoast, and the center is never an effective position from which to govern, especially when drastic measures are called for by circumstance.