My Voice must be heard and my Vote must count.

We all remember Ronald Reagan back in the 1960s and 1970s when
he said, "The Democratic Party left me, and I did not leave the Democratic
Party; that is why I became a republican...."

Remember, Reagan was a long-time Franklin Roosevelt's democrat
before he switched to the Republican Party. Well, today, with all that has been
happening in this country of lately, I feel betrayed and left out by a
two-party system that resembles the same exact coin with two sides.

My voice, as a voter, is being silenced by government elite that
for years have ignored the plight of the working class of America. It is time
for change in these United States; it is time for a people's party with no
attachment to the cronies in Washington that continue to ignore the
taxpayers–the same people who support this wasteful government with their taxes
that continue to always increase to pay for the fat cats in Washington.

One great example of the political tactics of the current
two-party system is Obama care. While 50 percent of the American people believe
that Obama care is wrong for America, no one knows what to do about it. In
fact, even the republican nominee when asked about what he would do as
president to bring down health care costs; his fast answer is always the same,
"Repeal Obama care." Mr. Romney and his Tea Party's friends offer
this nation no plan and no alternative to the current health care albatross
that is, Obama care.

Tea Party members continue to falsely believe that the skyrocketing
health costs can easily come down if the government gets out of the way and let
the private sector set prices etc. etc. But, how realistic is that? For the
last five decades, I have seen rising healthcare costs to the point that today,
if nothing constructive is done, this country as we know it will be
unrecognizable in the future.

It is time for America to join the ranks of other industrialized
nations (i.e., Great Britain, France, Italy, Canada, etc.) and enact a workable
healthcare system for this country. The private sector has failed for five
decades to lower costs and will continue to fail because whenever a business
entity or an organization is motivated by the profit margin, costs rarely
decrease in fact, they always go up.

Repealing Obama care as the republicans want to do without
offering an alternative in the way of a viable government mandated healthcare
plan for every American is an empty promise because the health care mess we are
in will continue to erode our well being and as it is always the case, the
taxpayers will bear the heavy burden of higher taxes and high health care costs
for the short term and high inflation and other associated costs for the long
term.

As an American, I deserve better, I deserve to be counted, and I
deserve to be represented in the halls of Congress. As a voter, I have been
ignored for too long. I want and I demand that my vote be counted in the
November's election. America, it is time to wake up.

For too long, the government elite of this nation have had a
field day with our money. It is time to tell them to act responsibly with our
tax dollars. Restrict welfare payments to able-body Americans who collect
monthly checks on the shoulders of the American people.

No more bailouts for irresponsible companies who rape their
businesses with bonus and high salaries and then, threaten bankruptcy when they
cannot pay their bills only to be bailed out with our tax dollars. Enact a new
heath care system that works for all people and bring down costs once and for
all. Restrict and eliminate pork projects in Washington, projects that serve no
purpose except to put money in lobbyists' pocket.

Vigilance in government must be a priority if this country is to
survive in the 21st century and beyond. Enough with the waste and inflated payments
for government causes that serve only the politicians who write the wasteful
programs that continue to erode our standard of living.

Just as Reagan did more than 60 years ago, today, I feel left
out not only by my party the republicans but also by the two-party system that
no longer represents me or my ideology, the same ideology of our founding
fathers who believed in, hard work, personal responsibility and the dignity for
the individual.

As a republican voter for the past 40 years, today's brand of
republicanism is not the same republican ideology of past presidents (i.e.,
Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Reagan), men of steel who wanted
for what was best for this country.

Ronald Reagan, in particular, the greatest communicator this
country has ever had in the White House, while a staunch conservative, knew how
to compromise when it was in the best interest of the United States of America.

Reagan was right when he single-handedly brought down the soviet
empire that for years threatened the security of the US and the free world with
their brand of communist ideology and an autocratic political mindset.

Reagan was also right when in the 1980s compromised on one deal
after another with then the democratic speaker of the House of representative
Tip O'Neil for the betterment of this country.

Today, America is hungry for new leadership in Washington.
America cannot afford another four years of socialized medicine by Obama nor
can America afford a candidate who offers no alternatives for today's economic
ills.

America today needs true leadership and return this country to
the ideals that made this nation the greatest country on earth.

As an American, I want my vote to count again, I want my voice
heard, I want what is best for America, I want the same America for my children
and grandchildren that I enjoyed in my younger years that, when someone whispered
the name of the United States, everyone was in awe because they knew what
America was about.

In those days, with hard work and proper diligence anyone could
have achieve the American dream, anyone could have a bite at the American pie.