Why I should be the Poster Child for Conservatives

Why I should be the Poster Child for Conservatives

College Grad  with honors

Graduate degree with honors

U.S. Army veteran

Been married to the same person ( a woman) for over 29 years

Two daughters

NEVER been unemployed – been C-suite level for over 18 years

NEVER received any government aid (even though we qualified when I was growing up)

Been in Church most of my life

NEVER been arrested (have had three speeding tickets in my life)

NEVER had a drug or alcohol dependency problem

NEVER been to rehab

Retirement funding (without SS) secure

Don't care about the mortgage interest reduction for it does not apply

SO – Why am I a real liberal (and not one like you see on TV – but a true  pragmatic Keynesian liberal) ?   BECAUSE -  EVERYONE cannot be me, I am ok with that  and I encourage people to be different.  It is NOT my place to tell them how to live, love and work.   I truly do feel MOST people cannot (or  just will not) do for themselves like I have done for me…..Perhaps I am wrong…but ask yourself – of the 100 people you will see (at work, the store, the dry cleaners, the school, etc.) today – how many of those can truly take charge of their life?  Is government the answer?  Maybe not.  Is the private sector the answer?  I cannot speak for everyone, but I do not think that is the primary function of business. The coming election is truly about two Americas.  The problem is the two Americas being portrayed by the candidates are not really the true options.  The two candidates running say America is either one way or the other.  NEWSFLASH:  Most people are average and 66% of the population is still the majority.  The majority are not single issue voters and take parts from the right AND the left.  We will see the voting results that Tuesday.  I doubt anything will change Wednesday, not because government is bad, but because people just like to complain about what someone else gets or does not get.  People vilify the rich, then complain because they are broke.  People scoff at the welfare recipients, but have always had their needs by someone else (parents, school, business).  Those issues are such an easy, emotional target, until one considers that all of those “others” are actually people.  Meet a few, new experiences are good for you.