6th
I am so appreciative of the right to vote. I lived in the US for about 15 years without the ability to vote at all, but have been able to vote in several elections now. In a month, it’ll be able to vote in a presidential for the very first time! That sounded pretty exciting, but I have been so frustrated with all of the candidates and their parties. Either candidate sounds like more of the same to me.This article from Time.com written by Michael Grunwald sums up my frustration and lack of trust really well:
Trust us, said the voices of Washington.
First the Bush Administration: Trust us! We’ll end gridlock in Washington. We have surpluses as far as the eye can see. We’ll find the weapons of mass destruction; we’ll be welcomed as liberators; the insurgency is in its last throes. We don’t torture. Nobody thought the levees would break; FEMA is doing a heckuva job; we’ll do what it takes to rebuild. The economy is fundamentally strong, and more tax cuts will make it stronger. And we can save Social Security by letting you invest your benefits in the market.
Then the Democrats: Trust us! Now that we’ve taken back Congress, Washington is going to change. We’ll end the war, get the lobbyists out of the back rooms, show the country we know how to govern.
