We are almost five months from the critical midterm elections, and voters should consider the promises made in Washington before the last election. Ask yourself: Have I personally benefited from those promises?
Has the cost of my family’s necessities – food, gasoline and other essentials – been reduced?
Has my income increased?
Are my assets more valuable?
Is healthcare more available and affordable?
Was I told about the huge economic windfalls and tax breaks that would be available to the ultra-rich, corporations, favored interests and Washington elites themselves?
Do Washington’s alterations to, or elimination of, environmental protections through legislation or presidential orders affect me and my family favorably?
Have my anxieties increased because of the failure to keep these promises and others, when the realities have turned out very differently from the guarantees that were made?
In the national picture, remember some of the promises made during the 2024 election, such as “No More Wars” (see Iran) and immediate disclosure of the Epstein files. These and many other issues may not personally affect you, but they demonstrate how easily information can be promoted, withheld or protected by people who claim to represent you when, in fact, their primary interest is themselves.
These are strange times. Do not waste your November ballot hoping that “change is coming,” because you may receive only more false promises and disappointment – again.
Art Eggers
Hesperus