Election Day

Today is Tuesday November 6, 2012. This is probably the most important day of this month (next to Thanksgiving). Today is election day, and we are in control of choosing who will run our country for the next four years. Whether you want to pick Romney or Obama, just go out and vote. Just earlier today actually I was having a conversation with an individual about the election and whether I was going to vote or not. We began to talk about policies and the pros and cons of each individual. We didn't go into who we are both going to vote for, but we did meet on one common ground. We need to do what's best for the people. We went into a discussion about health care, jobs, and even the fact that each candidate spent 1 billion dollars each on their campaigns. A billion dollars each?!? Are you serious? All of that money they spent could've been used to help those poor individuals without a home, or a warm meal to eat. That 2 billion could've went to help fund underperforming schools, where they have been using the same textbooks since the early 90s. Some of that money could've even gone to me! (Just kidding.. but not really) Point is, as a country, we are hung up on the wrong things. Of course everyone wants to get ahead in life, who wouldn't? But at a certain point we need to stop, look around, and see whats really going on. We are not on the right path as a nation. As of right now, we care more about the individual rather than the people. We need to begin to help one another because in the end we would want someone to help us. Privatizing economy sounds great especially for me because it means there will be more jobs out there, and coming out of college in a year I definitely need one. But at the same time, we need government to help those in need. It upsets me when people say "they are poor because they are lazy." Those individuals are ignorant of what is truly going on. Nobody wants to be dependent on the government, its embarrassing and ruins your whole mindset on life. People begin to not believe in the system and that's when children end up running with the wrong crowd, because they feel as though they aren't cared about. I feel like I'm just rambling right now, but the point of this blog post was to say just get out there a vote. Every vote counts, regardless if you think yours counts or not. Go out there today and make a difference.