Vote Democrat

 This post I could not have written back in 2009. For all that my old blog was political, I do not think I could have been this bold. I would have worried then about how being this political would affect my business, my money. Here is the good thing about having ruined one's self: freedom to speak one's mind. Few pay me any attention, those who do are not caring what I say.

Democracy, the country's economy, our future as a free people, all are going down the tubes if we let the Republicans have power.

I say this having voted for a few Republicans over the years. There were times when doing so was good for business. Or, to put it a different way, voting for the Democrat would be bad for business. There were times when the Republican was a better person than the Democrat. No longer living in Anderson, no longer in the law business, I do not know the local bad apples. But even if I were still in Anderson, I might even vote for Thomas Clem this year.

In GOP portends ‘red tsunami’ at dinner days before election, the Republican state chairman says the Republicans are not going anywhere. In the forty-four years since I voted in my first election, I am not sure what good the Republicans have done for Indiana. The Republicans lost our manufacturing base, and done nothing to replace it. Frank O'Bannon's idea of Indiana shifting towards high-tech never interested the Republicans. Neither has education: Changing economy, fewer students going to college will increase income gap, report says:

Indiana's employers and workforce are becoming increasingly mismatched, setting the stage for more income inequality, racial disparity and social problems across the state, according to a new report from Ascend Indiana and Employ Indy.

In 2011, 64% of students enrolled in higher education after high school. That number dropped to 53% in 2020, according to report data. This rate is even lower for Black and Latino students.

Hiring managers are looking for college-educated applicants, especially as jobs that typically don't require higher education give way to automation, while remote and digital jobs continue to increase, said Marie MacKintosh, the president and CEO of Employ Indy. Meanwhile, fewer Hoosiers are pursuing education past high school, likely due to students who don't see the value and the prohibitive costs.

Briggs:Indiana is a college degree desert and the economy is wilting

Traditional production jobs that require physical labor are on the decline, said MacKintosh. "Now there are technologies that are accomplishing that at a faster clip and you have to manage the robotic welding machines," she said.

The Republicans shift the cost of schoolbooks onto parents, they cannot lower the gas tax, but they can be first in line to pass an abortion bill.

What we get from the Republicans: rule by the rich for the benefit of the rich. That is not democracy.

The Republicans are as addicted to supply-side economics that benefit only the rich, not the nation. What they call economic freedom is freedom for the rich, serfdom for everyone else. They want to do to us what Liz Truss tried doing to Great Britain - the Republicans' almighty markets sunk her for fear she was to torpedo the British economy. I do not call that a good idea. I do not call that conservative.

Today this came in from the Indiana Democrats about the Secretary of State race:

Here are 10 Reasons to Vote Against Diego Morales.
    Committed voter fraud in 2018
    Accused of sexual assault (twice)
    Lied about his military service
    Spent $43,000 in campaign donations to buy a car
    Twice fired from the very office he seeks
    Campaigned to gut Indiana's early voting days in half
    Campaigned to require citizenship proof at the ballot box
    Denied there was ever an INSOS debate (he skipped it)
    Called the 2020 Election a “scam”
    Created a toxic culture where the INGOP disrespects women

This is the kind of guy the Republicans nominate? They do think they can get away with anything.

Doug Masson posted about Morales under Pro-tip: Don’t take a homestead deduction in one district and run for office in another. Oh, yeah, this guy ought to make the people of Indiana proud. 

Who has reduced your rights: Democrats or Republicans? Have you heard about the Dobbs case? That was not the Democrats making women subservient to the government. The same people will be coming for any right of privacy you think you have. 

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It is your choice: a democratic government with a democratic economy respecting your rights, or a right-wing government governing for the rich while restricting your rights within their view of what is good for you?

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