The New America

Imagine for a moment an America entirely different from the one you have known so far. An America, for instance, with no public schools. Instead your kid goes to a charter or private school you pay for and that includes kindergarten, elementary, secondary and high schools. Theory of evolution will not be taught, instead your kids will be proficient in the theory of creation. There will be no school bus paid by the school district. You pay for a bus owned by a privately held company to take your kid to school. School lunch will be served by, you guessed, another company at a reasonable cost. You got caught driving under the influence. You go to a jail owned and operated by a private company. There will be no unemployment insurance. If you get laid off, your family and friends will have to support you. Public universities and colleges will be a thing of history. You go to a private one if you can afford it. You don't get any college education or degree if you don't have the money to pay for it. There will be no US postal service. There will be no EPA, no FCC, no FDA, no etc. etc... If you have no health insurance, you are on your own. You are unfairly fired from your job? There will be no laws to protect you. Top 1% will pay no tax but those living under poverty and the working Americans will have to pay the highest tax rate. There will be no Food Stamps. As Michele Bachmann once said "You don't work, you don't eat". But, as a mother, you can always shot your kids first and then commit suicide. That will be OK in the new America. The new America will destroy all other countries with different cultures and religions, especially those who would disagree with our policies. We will be fighting wars all over the world. The separation of church and state will be gone. You will have to pledge allegiance to the state religion. Articles of the Constitution that do not support new America will be thrown away. Rich will have the absolute power and you, the citizen, will have nothing. Now, is this the America you want to live in? So, next time you go to a polling place to cast your vote, ask yourself "Which America I would like to live in?" You have the power to shape our destiny.