Election 2011: Who Will Represent Your Interests?

When you watch the election results after the polls have closed on Tuesday, November 8, will your values and concerns be represented by the winner? Or will you feel like a loser as yet another politician takes office who puts the greedy desires of millionaires ahead of the needs of hard-working, middle-class people like you?

Haven't you seen enough of this already: Politicians whose only priority is to protect the incomes, assets and power of millionaires? When pressed as to why, these politicians always come up with the same old weak argument: They are the “job creators.” Well, government has been giving huge tax breaks to the wealthy for a decade now. How well do you think that strategy is working?

Get real!

Vote for someone who represents your interests, someone who wants to end special treatment for the powerful, someone who wants millionaires to start paying their fair share to support the common good. Vote for someone who wants to reverse cuts in:

• Funding for public schools that cause elimination of programs and jobs;
• Aid to municipalities that result in layoffs of first responders like police
   and firefighters; and
• Health programs and social services that protect the lives and preserve
   the dignity of our most vulnerable citizens.

You weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Why would you vote like someone who was? It's time to send representatives to Trenton who understand the challenges working people face.

Vote on Tuesday, November 8 and make sure your voice is heard. Mobilize your friends, family members, neighbors, and co-workers who share your concerns.