Many Americans fail to vote these days. People feel that their votes are in vain, that the system is rigged, and they don’t have the time. Americans have expressed the view that the voter registration process is too cumbersome. The long lines at the polls are a deterrent as well. People have voiced the viewpoint that they don’t like the people running for office nowadays. In short, “voter apathy” has become an epidemic in America. Voting is a critical cog in a democracy. Voting is the voice of the people. It’s a right and is one of the main apparatuses in keeping our elected officials in check. Moreover, your vote does count. Despite the idea that votes don’t count, our votes are pivotal to elections.
Here are the 20 main reasons you should consider before voting in 2016.
1. We can rid the Senate of 47 traitors.
- Richard Shelby (Ala.)
- Jeff Sessions (Ala.)
- Dan Sullivan (Alaska)
- John McCain (Ariz.)
- John Boozman (Ark.)
- Tom Cotton (Ark.)
- Cory Gardner (Colo.)
- Marco Rubio (Fla.)
- Johnny Isakson (Ga.)
- David Perdue (Ga.)
- Mike Crapo (Idaho)
- Jim Risch (Idaho)
- Mark Kirk (Ill.)
- Chuck Grassley (Iowa)
- Joni Ernst (Iowa)
- Pat Roberts (Kansas)
- Jerry Moran (Kansas)
- Mitch McConnell (Ky.)
- Rand Paul (Ky.)
- David Vitter (La.)
- Bill Cassidy (La.)
- Roger Wicker (Miss.)
- Roy Blunt (Mo.)
- Steve Daines (Mont.)
- Deb Fischer (Neb.)
- Ben Sasse (Neb.)
- Dean Heller (Nev.)
- Kelly Ayotte (N.H.)
- Richard Burr (N.C.)
- Thom Tillis (N.C.)
- John Hoeven (N.D.)
- Rob Portman (Ohio)
- Jim Inhofe (Okla.)
- James Lankford (Okla.)
- Pat Toomey (Pa.)
- Lindsey Graham (S.C.)
- Tim Scott (S.C.)
- John Thune (S.D.)
- Mike Rounds (S.D.)
- John Cornyn (Texas)
- Ted Cruz (Texas)
- Orin Hatch (Utah)
- Mike Lee (Utah)
- Shelley Moore Capito (W.V.)
- Ron Johnson (Wis.)
- Mike Enzi (Wyo.)
- John Barrasso (Wyo.)
2. We can get rid of the Speaker of the House that is accused of compromising classified material with the country of Israel and undermining the President of the United States.
3. We can allow 16 million people to keep their health insurance.
4. We can return food stamp assistance to its adequate level for millions of families including military families.
Six years after the onset of the financial and economic crisis, hunger remains high in the United States. The financial and economic crisis that erupted in 2008 caused a dramatic increase of hunger in the United States. This high level diminished somewhat in 2013, according to the latest government report (with the most recent statistics) released in September 2014 (Coleman-Jensen 2014a).
5. We can stop an obstructionist Republican Party from bringing America to her knees.
6. We can return the Voting Rights Act back to its original purpose.
7. We can stop states from installing obstacles to keep minorities from voting.
8. We can have a budget proposal that is inclusive and makes sense, while being based in fact.
We don’t need a financial advisor to know how wrong this is. The recently passed GOP Federal Budget slashes every social program from pre-school to senior safety nets. Democrats responded by accurately calling it ?a recipe for national decline,? as it goes after healthcare, anti-poverty programs, schools and student loans, and Social Security ? all while raising taxes on the middle-class, breaking promises to veterans, and boosting military spending.
9. We can make the rich pay their fair share in taxes.
10. We can make corporations pay their fair share in taxes.
11. We can stop corporate welfare.
12. We can stop the hiding of money in off-shore bank accounts.
“It’s a bad bet to hide money and income offshore,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “Taxpayers are best served by coming in voluntarily and getting their taxes and filing requirements in order.”
13. We can make college loans affordable for students.
“This is not a radical idea, only in a Congress dominated by Wall Street is this a radical idea.” [Bernie Sanders (I-VT)]
14. We can bring back legislating to the House of Representatives.
“Hating on Congress is a beloved American tradition. Hence Mark Twain’s old joke, ?Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.? But the 112th Congress is no ordinary congress. It’s a very bad, no good, terrible Congress. It is, in fact, one of the very worst congresses we have ever had. ” [Ezra Klein]
15. We can expand Medicare in ALL 50 STATES.
Subsequently, when the rogue Supreme Court back in July of 2012 ruled that the ACA mandate for Medicaid Expansion was unconstitutional, creating a situation where the expansion was optional, it created a political football and the American people are the ones getting kicked around. Remember this is the same court that claims corporations are people and that money equals free speech and gave us the political monster known as Citizens United. In honesty, not even GOD, himself knows why! It was a ridiculous ruling by this ridiculous Supreme Court. Nevertheless, there are 19 states at this point who have not expanded Medicaid.[See Source]
16. We can take better care of our Veterans.
17. We can allow Senator Warren to clean up Wall Street.
19. We can REPEAL Citizens United.
‘Dark Money’ must go. The Constitutionality of Citizens United must be challenged whenever and wherever a court and Judge will listen. Our research found that 31% of money donated to political candidates and Causes where ” under the table,” secret money. What is being lost in this debate is that the business of influence peddling in our nations’ capital is nothing new. There is a long history of corruption in political campaigning in America. One of the major push backs we often hear is the comment ” makes no difference,” ” both parties are the same.” No matter how simplistic, that comment may seem, it has some validity.[See Source]
