Political Party In Power Makes No Difference

It was the late 1960s.  I really didn’t start paying attention to politics until I joined the Beverly Hills Young Democrats.  I didn’t join because of a party loyalty.  I joined because it was a singles group with lots of attractive young women.  Despite my wish to stay non-partisan that club did impact my views on a host of subjects.

 In all the ensuing years from LBJ to Barack Obama the one thing that has been consistent is the promises by the candidates that things would be better for Americans if they won the office.  The reality is that nothing did get better.  The cost of living went sky-high from those early days, most women had to go back to work after having children to sustain their life style, and the rich became ever more wealthy.  Even worse, factory jobs were sent overseas making the fight for the remaining decent jobs even harder.

 So why should I care who is elected in November?  We have two wealthy people who will be protecting the system we have.  Ross Perot was correct when he predicted “the sucking sound” of lost jobs if NAFTA becomes law.  Today most of the products you buy were made elsewhere.  Today when you call for service from some of America’s biggest companies you find yourself speaking to someone in India, the Philippines, or elsewhere in the Far East.

I don’t hear either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama saying he has a plan to return those “ordinary jobs” to America.  No, they simply tell us how they will make things better using generalities about how bad the opponent is and how that opponent will only make things worse.

So whether it’s Barack Obama or Mitt Romney who wins, nothing will really change.