NYSCWA Venus vs. Mars - Fall 2012

When my son was a young, I taught him the importance of voting. I would take him with me to the polls and bring him in with me and talk to him about our rights and how we can make a difference by voting. When he turned 18, I didn’t even say a word to him about going to vote. He went and registered without my input. Four years ago, he changed parties as he felt strongly about a particular candidate. And I, a person who would never dream about missing an election years ago, am completely uninterested in taking the time out of my day to stand in line and vote! I don’t believe I am alone on this, either. In my opinion, it really doesn’t matter whom you vote for because the opposite party is so busy trying to make the party in power look bad, and worrying about the next election, that they just fight against everything. What happened to compromise? This is what made our nation great. Not the far right or the far left. We need jobs in the county. We need to lower unemployment. If we all can go to work everything else will fall in line. People with jobs also buy clothes, cars, houses and food. People without jobs can’t spend money. It is pretty simple. We need both parties to compromise. Both parties talk about cutting spending, but every bill that is passed has so much pork barrel spending items to get somebody’s vote. Let’s make sure some of this spending creates jobs. This county is great when the middle rules (not the far left or right). We need to work together for national success of a common goal.

The election is upon us once again and as always there are many important issues up for debate. One that has not changed since the last election is the state of our economy. Although every issue is crucial, I think the number one thing that will be on most American’s minds on election day is who is better suited to get our country out of this rut.

Despite what you hear in the media, or what certain politicians say, our economy is still not near what is was five years ago. I don't know if it will ever go back to the way it was, but people are sure going to be looking for answers. Unemployment is still at a very high level, gas prices are near all time highs and the housing market still stinks. All these things combined are keeping people from spending on discretionary items such as a carwash.

I don't know if anyone has the answers or if it's just a cycle that needs to play out. The politicians all make promises but find it hard to follow through when the time comes to act. Whomever is elected in November, I hope their focus is on improving the economy and helping small business. It will not be an easy task I'm sure, but we need to have faith in our system.