Voting for President of the US

It is your civic responsibility to vote for the President of the US. The vote for the highest office in the United States should never be taken lightly. I have heard many people say that they're all the same or my vote does not count, they are all crooked and/or out of touch with what it is really like to live in the real US as a citizen. Many vote because they like the person not paying attention to what their views are on major issues that will affect your life. Your vote does count because it gives you a right to verbalize things that are going on in our country that you like and do not like.

I say really do your homework

Should you vote for a president just because you like their personality?
The answer to this is NO. You can like the person but he may not make a good president.
What issues are important to you, the economy, the military, freedom in the constitution, healthcare or international issues.

Think about these issues:
Which candidate understands what it is like to be lower to middle class or poor in America?
I believe no candidate truly knows what it is like to live in middle and lower class America, How can you know unless you've actually lived it. What is it like to work a job that pays minimum wage and need food stamps to survive, not take a vacation or have enough money to buy gas to get to work. Not one government official could possible know what it is really like to actually live paycheck to paycheck. They have never lived like this in this day in time.

Do you feel like our government should be larger or smaller?
Romney is for smaller government and President Obama is all about large government.
Less government means less opportunity for corruption. More government means more taxes. I don't know about what you think but I would rather decide what my taxes should be spent.
 
As for balancing the budget we should hire ordinary Americans that live paycheck to paycheck to advise the President. They have more experience of how to live within a budget and cannot just print money they do not have when the balance is negative. They could teach our government a lot.

Decisions the President, Senators, congressmen and women make need to seek out and really listen to the Americans that actually live with their laws and legislation. Being poor or lower middle class in America is not as the government sees it because they think you should not have any problems. When you actually live it you know the real problems and faults within the system.

Kelly Says, "If you really want to know how to help Americans you should talk to and listen to what they have to say about it." "When you vote on November 6th this year vote on principles and not on personalities because we have to live with your choice the next 4 years."

An angry citizen that just wants to work

I was let go at age 49 or should I say terminated for silly reasons. I saved a adolescents life and did not fill out the correct paperwork. Appealing the decision for denial of unemployment even the UI judge agreed it was a silly reason and awarded me unemployment.

Due to being terminated occurring for the first time in my life at age 49 1/2 after working at this facility for 6 1/2 years I feel that the supervisor that did not like me personally is one thing holding me back from getting employment combined with my age now 51. Other co-workers would vouch for me as a good employee if they did not fear getting fired.

The small groups of people that are getting jobs in America are age 30-35. I have many friends that are unemployed and this unstable economy has many of us on the brink of losing everything we worked hard to get. Along with fear and depression we have sold everything we can just to live.

My husband is disabled and counts on my ability to work to keep our home. I have been honest on applications and was told by a workforce employee that I should not fill out the optional questions of color and sex as this could be what is hurting me from getting an interview.

I tried to find funds that could help me start a business as I feel that this is the backbone of America. Of course the government bailed out major corporations but will not help anyone with funding a new business. We have to help ourselves as the government is not for the poor working or unemployed American.

I live in Kansas and feel the unemployed numbers not correct or real. If the government really wants to help Americans then he should help us start businesses by giving us grants and low interest loans. Do you know if there are any programs that can help you get a business started?

I feel that Americans need to change the economy and the government needs to help fund American small businesses instead of worrying about giving Chinese women one million dollars to reduce alcohol abuse in China. How does this help Americans?

I wish the government would hire poor or unemployed Americans to be a check and balance employee that follows and watches our Senators and Congressmen and women making sure they are doing their job. Does this make sense? We have people watching every move we make and holding us accountable. They do a performance evaluation and if we are lucky we get a 3% raise.

There is no one that watches our government officials giving them a performance evaluation every 6 months that holds them accountable. They vote themselves a large raise but do not give a cost of living increase for people on Social Security.

They have not went to the store and bought a gallon of milk recently. We have to drink powered milk to have milk and that was given to us by a church. This is really a sad state of affairs when an American that is honest and hard working just wants to work cannot get a job.

I have actively looked for over 2 years now. It has become a personal vendetta for me to search for the reasons I can't get hired and to get a job that pays for my experience. There is discrimination going on in the job world but you can't give a specific example as the employer does not have to give you a reason.

Kansas is an "at-will” state so you can be fired just because. Sorry to go on but I have always got a job in the past without problem so what is the difference today. Age discrimination plays a big role as insurance goes up when there are claims and older people are more likely to get sick but they are also more reliable. It’s a catch 22 and the simple solutions are being ignored like helping people start businesses to employ other Americans.

Sincerely, Kelly an unemployed American that just wants a job!

One dollar per gallon increase

President Obama wants to help us out again forgetting that the economy is falling apart. Families cannot afford spending one more dollar per gallon on gas and Mr. Obama wants to help you out by increasing the tax on gas by paying one more dollar per gallon. This is his way of trying to force us to change on how we consume fuel. We are getting punished and this "change" he speaks of is getting worse by the day.

He needs to get out of his pie in the sky thinking and come to reality remembering that we can't even get unemployment under control. The stress on the family is already bad enough that he does not need to help us out anymore. First of all you won't even be able to drive your car using gas and even look for a job and by the time you get there it will be out of business.

This will have a disastrous affect on jobs, groceries, the economy, businesses and the family in the history of America. He is totally out of touch with reality and he is trying to ruin America. If he really wants to help us get jobs what is he thinking of. He can take his "Change" and move to a country that wants it. American's cannot handle one more added expense or the stress on the families will break.

Our country needs to get united and really listen to what he is saying. I will not vote for him as he is trying to break America and force changes that will be our demise or the death of this great country. I hope that their are good Republican's or Democrat's that can defeat him in 2012 before we lose everything. This is the straw that will break the camels back. It makes no sense to punish the families and put even more strain on our businesses in this economy.

We will have to live in huts like his poor grandmother and even the children will have to work. Extended families will have to learn to live together just to survive. Think about this change as you will not have any in your pocket after paying for food, shelter and forget the clothing. We cannot let this gas tax go through so write your Congressmen and Senators ASAP and make them listen. Speak up and stop this gas tax.

Think! Think! Think of what this will do to our country as $1 may not be much to him as it does not come out of his pocket but it does ours, the taxpayers. Kelly Say's, "Sorry if this offends you as this is not my usual style. I encourage Americans to vote no matter their party affiliations and anger never engages a response but this makes no sense at all and will harm our country.