Synbios459 said:
GAF Kerry supporters, why?
Why am I voting for Kerry? Bush hasn't made good on barely a single promise from his 2000 election campaign.
1. Bush talked big about public school reform. He hasn't given our public schools an ounce of additional funding.
2. Bush also promised to restructure medicare and medicaid for the better. Instead, he has cut funding from both programs to give tax cuts to the wealthy twice in the last 4 years.
3. But wait, you say low income families depend on programs like medicaid/medicare? Well too bad, Bush also doesn't give a shit about your job. Bush hasn't done anything about our jobs being exported to India etc.
4. Bush refuses to increase minimun wage, which is currently at below poverty levels. $5.25 an hour.
5. Bush has pandered to industry at the expense of our environment. Lowering many pollution restrictions and requirments so his billionaire goons can profit.
6. Much like our environment, Bush has pandered to corporations in our corrupt Healthcare and Pharmaceutical markets. Bush refuses to let the government step in so his billionaire goons can continue to profit at the expense of others.
7. Bush talks big about homeland security. Our airport and border security is still beyond horrible. Our police forces in major cities still do not have the funding to fight a biological terrorst attack, while small towns in the middle of nowhere (i.e. Wyoming) can.
8. Bush talks big about being tough on terrorism. Bin Laden is still running free and the real war on terrorism is being ignored, because Bush decided to lie his war into a fraudulent Iraqi war. A war that has sucked our resources dry. He claims the world is safer post-Saddam, but one look at the news says otherwise. Now Iraq has turned into a terrorist hot spot due to our occupation. Iraq's current state is also a total mess, and the Bush administration will not admit to a single mistake. Instead they lie to our people claiming total success.
9. Our economy is shit. We have lossed a million jobs under Bush. The most in 75 years.
10. Bush promised to raised the maximun amount for Student Loans, but then went and capped off the maximun at $1,000+ lower than promised. Like mentioned above with medicare/medicaid, the Student Loans Program also faced a funding cut to give the wealthy tax breaks twice in the last 4 years.
11. We had the world on our side post-9/11. Bush has flushed that down the drain with horrible foreign policy.
13. The Bush administration constantly used fear tactics, and other dirty tactics to garner votes.
14. I don't want to vote for a retard who got where he is today because of his family's power and money. And to think Bush is firmly against legacy college admissions, which is the sole reason he got to drink through 4 years of Yale, and then Harvard business school.
I'm voting for Kerry because I think he will bring better foreign policy to the table. I'm voting for Kerry because I'm sick that the Republicans pissed away the last 4 years accomplishing nothing. Unless you count them recently trying to push the gay marriage ban, which they knew would never pass, through congress to distract from the real issues this elections. I think the democrats will come through on more of their promises, and not pander to the rich man, and industry. I'm voting for Kerry because he cares about our environment. I'm voting for Kerry because I want to see reform in our healthcare system. I'm voting for Kerry because 4 more years of Bush is the worst thing possible for this country. Bush won't admite his mistakes, and refuses to budge from his current policies.
My entire family, minus myself, voted Bush in 2000, and every single one of them now regret it. They voted for dead soldiers, and broken promises.
