Vote Today!

One of the most annoying things about US elections is that every time they come around, we are bombarded by people saying things like the following:

• "The country is screwed if Candidate X wins."
• "If Candidate Y wins, I'm moving to Canada.

Lots of Democrats and Republicans have been US president before, and the universe hasn't imploded.

How do people get so passionate about politicians? These millionaires don't give a rat's ass about you, your quality of life, doing the right thing, or making this country a better place unless it is expected to affect their ability to hold onto power. They're more interested in making you worried about abortion and gay marriage than in any real issues (and it would be the same this year if the economy weren't in such bad shape).

Speaking of which, the economy is a perfect example of how both parties are more interested in fooling voters than in any real solution. The responses range from:

• issuing more stimulus checks [businessweek.com] (which wasn't a good idea the first time around, but the second time's a charm?), to


• blaming Obama for trying to "spread the wealth around" (even though economists agree that there is little difference between the two tax plans [kansascity.com], and it was the Republicans who created the wealth-spreading in the first place [starbulletin.com]), to


• blaming the current administration for the current financial crisis [toledoblade.com] (which doesn't make any more sense than the previous items).

If politicians really, genuinely cared about growing the economy, they would be pursuing sound economic policies like reducing the federal budget deficit. But they clearly don't. Both parties want to increase spending while offering some sort of a tax cut. Meanwhile, the deficit will probably be a drag on our economy beyond my lifetime.

They don't really genuinely care, because they're assholes. They will commit any number of crimes, intimidate voters, lie, cheat, or steal in order to hold onto power. And you're helping them.

So, make sure you get out and vote today. Because if you don't, some asshole who won't even pretend to care about your hot button issue might win the US presidency. And then you'll have to move to Canada...