Wrapped up in my own little world, I have been walking around thinking, "I wonder who's running against Tim Scott..." Today I found out.
Bobbie Rose describes herself as a "liberal, progressive Democrat", and in my mind, in South Carolina, that means you need to stand tall and be fearless. You need to not be afraid of the names that the right-wingers will call you, and the false accusations that will be made. As a woman, you need to be unafraid to say exactly what "women's rights" means to you, you need to be unafraid to fight for the right of a woman to own her body.
You need to be able to stand up for freedom of religion, not the freedom of the religious right to dictate our lives.
You need to be able to defend good government, and responsible, much needed, taxation. We need schools and teachers that are paid a living wage, we need well-funded libraries. We need roads and bridges, and we need to bring our public transportation into the 21st century.
Corporations need to be responsible employers and taxpayers, and not billionaires shopping for cheap labor and a free ride in South Carolina.
Our Representative needs to keep our harbor from being exploited by the oil industry, and respect and support science and innovation.
I am thrilled to throw my support behind Bobbie Rose.
Showing posts with label Representative Tim Scott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Representative Tim Scott. Show all posts
Monday, June 18, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Wasting Breath
I just opened yet another email today asking me to contact my representative. This time, yet another excellent group wants me to plead with Tim Scott to vote no to taking funds away from poor women and children.
Again?
How often do you expect me to call or email Representative Scott's office only to get an email back telling me once again why it is so critical to our nation's well-being that he keep those poor women and children from sucking the country dry? I understand that these poor folk are not job creators, unless you think that spending every penny of government assistance on goods and services which in turn will require more goods and services to be created.... But obviously, Tim Scott disagrees. He believes that the only way to create jobs is to free up big industries to pollute, pay lower wages, and charge whatever they want for needed goods.
This, you see, is the problem. There is no reasoning with Mr. Scott. He has never been in the position of having to decide whether to take a child to the doctor or buy groceries. He is, however, able to do basic math, and understands that giving $1 to a mother to buy a loaf of bread (store brand, on sale), is a dollar out of one of his constituent's pockets. Of course, not my pocket, because I, too, am not a job creator. I, on the other hand, would waste any dollar offered me by spending it on bread and medical care. And unfortunately, for Mr. Scott, that is higher math.
Again?
How often do you expect me to call or email Representative Scott's office only to get an email back telling me once again why it is so critical to our nation's well-being that he keep those poor women and children from sucking the country dry? I understand that these poor folk are not job creators, unless you think that spending every penny of government assistance on goods and services which in turn will require more goods and services to be created.... But obviously, Tim Scott disagrees. He believes that the only way to create jobs is to free up big industries to pollute, pay lower wages, and charge whatever they want for needed goods.
This, you see, is the problem. There is no reasoning with Mr. Scott. He has never been in the position of having to decide whether to take a child to the doctor or buy groceries. He is, however, able to do basic math, and understands that giving $1 to a mother to buy a loaf of bread (store brand, on sale), is a dollar out of one of his constituent's pockets. Of course, not my pocket, because I, too, am not a job creator. I, on the other hand, would waste any dollar offered me by spending it on bread and medical care. And unfortunately, for Mr. Scott, that is higher math.
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