Editor:
The saying that there is a sucker born every second and two to take him or her is so very true.
In the past 20 years, middle class America has been destroyed by the Republican party. Middle class America does not vote for their "own" self-interest: Social Security, Medicare and all social programs for the middle class came into being under the Democratic party. The Republican party has spent years trying to destroy all social programs that help middle class America.
I would ask all seniors if they could survive without Social Security or Medicare. I would ask all teachers, police, firefighters, all of the essential social structure of America if they could survive without representation in the work place. As for the representation of veterans for veterans' tights, remember that the Republican party in 1929 under Herbert Hoover blocked World War II veterans' bonus and even killed some veterans in the process.
When it comes to voting self-interest, the American voter is voting against their own self interest, but the voting against your children's interest is criminal. Why a woman would vote a Republican ticket is beyond all reason. They do not have equal rights with their male partners due to the Republican view of equal rights for women.
I would ask that the American voters vote his or her own self interest and not party lines. I would also ask all Americans vote term limits for all public officials, local, state and federal.
In this 2012 election, the administration that wins will control laws for many years due to the advanced ages of our Supreme Court.
This will have serious affects on our social programs and women's rights as equals.
Billie E. Jewett
Sebring
Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - www.newssun.com/ltr-110712-Jewett