Why I'm Proud To Be a Democrat

Thomas R. Hassler,
Lancaster City

I am proud to be a Democrat.  Because the Democratic Party wants to get things done for the betterment of the people of the United States.  This includes providing the opportunity for better health care for the American people, improving the regulation of the financial markets, expanding consumer protection, winding down the occupation in Iraq, putting the Government in Afghanistan on notice by giving a start date for American troop withdraw, working to restart the middle east peace process and doing all it can to stimulate the domestic economy during these hard economic times.  These are real problems that affect people's physical health their economic welfare and their sense of well being and they required action.

Taking action entails accepting the risk for those actions.  But doing nothing is a luxury I don't think we can afford as a nation.  For those who are content to sit on the sidelines, to vote no over and over on issue after issue this isn't about big government or deficit spending, we already have the one and we were already doing the other, this is about the next election.  What a cynical way to deal with America's problems 

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Tom Hassler

The opinions expressed here are those of the author alone and are not the official position of the
Lancaster County Democratic Committee.

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