Let me tell you about how I am going to vote in the next election. I'll also tell you why you should join me in backing the new progressive leader and his people.
Our nation has been in a severe economic recession. It is as severe as any that could be remembered by most living men. We have the worst economic situation that can be found almost anywhere. We have few jobs. a severely damaged manufacturing base, and worsening inflation. The top "fat cats" of the economic heap in banking, stocks, bonds, and manufacturing are making way too much money and are having too much say in how our country is run.
The government tried to pay off its debts by printing more money. Any fool knows that such an approach ruins the currency! Things are about as bad as they can get. To top it off, most other nations in the world don't like us very much. We had gotten involved in a war as the result of secret treaties we had signed with little countries that didn't matter much on the world stage. The cost of that war was staggering. On top of all of this our country has been humiliated.
The economic downturn has blighted the economy of almost every nation on earth. This was caused when speculators tried to play tricks in the stock market, When it was "time to pay the piper", the markets folded. Not only did they fold, they brought the banks down with them! Does the word disaster do such a situation credit? No, there are no words to express the human misery that has been caused.
Most of our old political leaders are jokes! They have no direction, they have no answers, they have no excuses, they are worse than useless since they draw salaries but don't do any good. Many of them are beholden to various power blocks. We have some new progressive people, led by a new energetic and charismatic leader, who are building a power base. Their leader has the most inspirational voice I have ever heard. When you listen to him he instills confidence that he can fix all our nation's ills. He has promised to clean up the corruption in the government and in businesses. He and his followers have progressive new ideas that could change how our government works. He recently indicated that "We have endeavored to depart from the external, the superficial, endeavored to forget social origin, class, profession, fortune, education, capital and everything that separates men, in order to reach that which binds them together". He wants Social Justice to be our goal. He sounds like just the man we need. The new progressives tell us that there is a group of traitors in our midst that need to be rooted out. They say that these traitors are high up in our financial circles and are responsible for the lack of jobs, our inflation, civil unrest, and the malaise that has covered our land. These traitors must be removed, according to this new leader. He says our national self-respect demands no less.