THE VOTE

After much thought I've decided that I shall never vote again so long as government and politics persist in business as usual. I cannot with a clear conscience support a system that is as corrupt and wasteful as this one, and I see no difference between the political parties when the truth is exposed. It is all very simple to me really, for there is no justification for any moral nation to spend over two trillion dollars on war, period. Humanitarian foreign aid meanwhile is a fraction of a percent of GDP per year. American priorities are clear despite all the talk, and I will not be complicit to them. In a perverse way I comprehend the 9-11 bombers motives more clearly now in the sense that they were desperately trying to stop the economic abuses and inequalities of Wall Street and Congress long before the rest of us woke up to them. I am not an idealist expecting the rest of the world to lay down their arms, merely stating my abhorrence to human nature as I see it expressed by those in power-in many nations- who absolutely do not represent me. I can only imagine the good that humanity could achieve were we to put our resources into peaceful endeavors, but that will not happen so long as good people make this more complicated than it has do be. It is a fine line between self defense and violence as a way of life. At any rate, factor in the wasteful spending in fraud, bureaucracy and sheer stupidity, and I simply want no part of it. My one vote today would mean that in some small way I am agreeable to the 2 billion dollars politicians and special interest groups have spent on this mid term election...when 50 cents a day could feed a starving child in Bolivia. I think not.