Hello everybody.   
      
      
      
   It has been traditionally stated that Democrats stand for the working man and   
   woman, but recently there are various actions that make me not eager to vote   
   for Democrats even though Republicans worship at the altar of the big wedge   
   waging war against Latinos and LGBT people for political expediency.   
      
   First we go with the plastic bag ban, who else is going to have the extra   
   sixty or eighty cents to go to the supermarket to buy paper bags from the   
   merchant because they forgot to bring or purchase reusable bags. Since   
   Democrats driven away most of the businesses away from our state it is going   
   to be a mandate that the working class can ill afford.   
      
   Second we go with the pending one to three dollar a gallon increases in   
   gasoline which aims to discourage people from driving. Unfortunately transit   
   agencies do not have 24/7 service on many of their routes and they do not have   
   flexible routes to get to where people need to go so people are tethered to   
   their motor vehicles. Since there are not many jobs available people have to   
   commute farther than they used to to find their ideal job opportunity.   
      
   Third I would like to see Congress members Baca and Chu support Ron Paul's   
   Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011. It is disgusting how our purchasing   
   power has went down the toilet where the US dollar lost 97% of its gold value   
   since when we got off the gold standard in 1971.   
      
   When the working class gets more money in their pocket it is a victory for all   
   involved.   
      
      
   Matt   
      
      
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