Where was the Democratic Town Committee?
By Guest
Elizabeth Warren addresses the residents of Orchard Cove during an appearance last week.
Dear Editor:
Elizabeth Warren came to Canton recently to speak in the Route 138 area. Not one member of our Democratic Town Committee was there to help us greet her. Why?
Disgusted by Scott Brown’s mischaracterization of himself as a good ol’ boy voting for the common man, when he has consistently voted against their best interests — and for Wall Street, Big Oil, and other corporations — several of us Cantonites are working for Elizabeth Warren’s election.
Our peasants, regardless of degree or income, are easily gulled by Scott’s lies. That “independent guy” is financed by the Koch brothers and other out-of-state big money. It was prophetic that he should be the centerfold for Playgirl, as he’s now the Nancy Boy for the Koch brothers and other billionaires. He is the ultimate actor, going from a cipher in the Mass. legislature to a Senate seat, speaking his lines as written by his corporate masters.
But again, where were the members of our Democratic Town Committee, who are like the Mafioso in their complete and silent control of our town? A worker for Representative Keating’s election, I asked one of the state Democratic workers why it was so hard to get a return call from our town committee, even when volunteering. His answer: “The situation in Canton is very strange. They are the only town in Massachusetts (besides Milton) that does not allow its citizens to elect their town moderator.”
Although a majority of voters in Canton are registered as “Non-aligned,” i.e. Independent, there is a gentleman’s agreement that the moderator one year is chosen by the Democratic Town Committee and the next year is appointed by the Republican Town Committee. No wonder I hear constant complaints about the clique that runs our town. Not very democratic at all.
Why wouldn’t the Democratic Town Committee come out for their own party’s candidate for U.S. Senator? Good luck, Elizabeth Warren. With “friends” like these, you don’t need any enemies.
Check out the Mass. Democratic Party’s website for a complete record of Scott Brown’s anti-common man voting history. Talk is cheap when there’s no action to back it up. But even if it isn’t, as is true on TV, when you’ve got billions in advertising dollars from the moneyed interests backing you and the voters are gullible, it seems to be easy to buy a Congressional seat.
Alice Copeland Brown
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It’s funny. I hear every day that the president and Ms. Warren are for the middle class, but I cannot figure this out. I have been a dues paying union member for 28 years in the private sector. I and most of the people I work with, my friends who still have a job (in the private sector), my parents and the parents of my friends all have some kind of chip in the stock market. Whether it is a Pension, owning stocks in a 401K account. 403B for all you education types, or just owning dividend paying stocks to supplement retirement income as in the case of most older Americans. I would also go out on a limb and say a majority of Cantonites have some exposure to the stock market. So here is the conundrum Ms. Brown. Why would I want to vote Democratic this year when the President is proposing draconian increases in the dividend and capitol gains rates for 2013. According to Bloomberg,”In his 2013 budget, Obama called for taxing dividends as ordinary income, subjecting them to a top rate of 39.6 percent and the 3.8 percent surcharge for a 43.4 percent total.”
Now if Obama gets the nod again in November what do you think will happen to the stock market and all the middle class retirement funds invested in the stock market. Stocks will fall costing all the middle class hundreds of billions if not trillions in lost wealth because a lot of the smart money will sell by the end of the year so they do not have to pay the 43.4% rate after January 1, and take advantage of the current 15% rate. All the seniors who rely on dividends to supplement there income will be crushed, but if they vote democratic they have themselves to blame. Be careful what you wish for. I will not vote for Obama because of this stealth raid on my retirement. Sometimes you have to dig deeper than the regurgitated talking points from people like Ms. Brown. If you are middle class and think you will be immune from the money grab you are mistaken. Don’t be a lemming. At least do a little digging. The retirement life you save may be your own.