Well,
I voted and my husband voted, so we can at least feel a part of a system we aren't really a part of. I've been pondering the whole voting thing. All throughout my neighborhood are signs to support Prop 2a, (a property tax increase of $200 per house) for public school. I haven't seen one 'no' to prop 2a sign, yet a lot of people I've spoken with, including myself are voting against it.
There is such a fear out there that being 'politically incorrect' and having a 'anti-children' sign will ruin you. The worst part is, those that would label one against a tax increase 'anti-children' are your neighbors all around you. I just don't think the way we vote and the way things are phrased and pushed down our throats is very American. I'd love to have a "NO to prop 2a" but I worry about all of our neighbors blackballing my children more than they do already. Speaking of phrasing things... there's another ballot measure that starts with the phrase. "The state shall not discrimate against any person based on race, gender etc. etc." Well, my husband immediately assumed, just from that first line that he (being a good republican) should vote against it. I laughed and told him that what he was actually doing was voting to keep affirmative action initiates where the state discriminates against white males. :) He sheepishly whited out his vote and tried again. I wonder how many white men voted against that initiative just because of the language. How many blacks and women voted for it because it used the catch phrase "shall not discriminate"?
Either way, voting feels really manipulated and I'm sitting here wondering how many of my neighbors actually realize their little Yes on Prop2a will hit them with a huge tax increase that will probably not help the kids in the slightest.
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