A Final appeal: Bring a Pen and Vote For Jobs, Peace and Freedom Tomorrow!

Good Morning Everyone,


Today is the final day before the election and I wanted to reach out one last time to make an appeal for your vote.

Albert Einstein once defined "insanity" as engaging in a similar action repeatedly and expecting a different outcome. Expecting the Democratic Party to ever create real change is a quintessential example of practicing insanity. Not only will they fail to deliver the kind of progressive change that voters call for again and again, but they will not even fight to hold on to what little we have left. The election of Barack Obama with a Democratic Majority in both the Congress and the Seante has seen not only a continuation, but an expansion of much of the Bush era policies. The war in Afghanistan has been escalated, the military is cemented into Iraq with a permanent occupation force of 50,000 troops, private health insurance is now compulsory, the privatization of education which began under No Child Left Behind has been accelerated under Race to the Top (or should I say bottom?), the annual military budget has exceeded $800 billion per year for the first time in history (not including the cost of wars or VA health). These are all destructive and wasteful policies, and they were all ushered in not by some neoconservatives, but by the current Democratic Administration. Insanity? Yes, and it is time to stop acting so crazy and start creating real paths for change.

The destruction of the middle class has been happening since the middle of the 1970s and it has continued at a steady pace with both Democrats and Republicans at the helm. The problem is not the Republicans, it is unfettered "free market" capitalism and both major parties are firm believers in it. The average real wage of American workers is the same today as it was in 1979 despite the nearly three-fold expansion of worker productivity and similar growth in wealth of the capitalist class. The average CEO earns 300-500 times more than their average employee in America. The official unemployment rate is 10% and the real unemployment rate is approximately 20% when discouraged, part-time and contingent workers are considered. Tax rates for the wealthiest individuals and corporations have been steadily reduced since the 1950s. The social safety net has had so many holes cut into it that it's now about as useful as a DVD rewinder. The Democratic Party will never make any sweeping changes to fix these problems for fear that they become labelled "Socialists,"at which point they begin their pro-capital knee-jerk reactions to demonstrate that they are more pro-busienss than the Republicans. If fighting for real universal healthcare is Socialist, if ending the wars a broad is socialist, if guaranteeing retirement is socialist, and if fixing unemployment is socialist, then shit, it's high time we all started voting socialist!!!

The Socialist Party offers clear alternatives to just appeasing the billionaire class in hopes that they might be so kind as to "give" us some jobs. Every vote for a socialist is a vote for peace, a vote for living wages, and a vote for the environment. Every vote for a Democrat or a Republican is a vote for capitalism, which daily destroys each of these things. I invite you to visit my campaign page (www.votevachon.com ) or the CT Voter Guide (www.remindernews.com/voter-guide/2010 ) to learn about my stance on the major issues, and if you are so compelled, to bring a pen with you to the polls tomorrow and tell the ruling class that we are ready to start governing ourselves despite their millions of dollars of personal and private campaign spending. Take a Stand and draw a line in the sand; write in "Todd Vachon" for U.S. Senate tomorrow! And if you live in congressional district 1 you can vote for socialist Chris Hutchinson for U.S. Congress who will be on the ballot.


Thank You for your time and support!

Sincerely,
Todd Vachon
Socialist for Senate

ps; please pass this on to other friends and family members who are fed up with the two business parties.