My well-reasoned vote.

I'm often caught betwixt and between. Especially when it comes to deciding what's best for me, or what's best for the common good. Seems I'm living in a society that puts the indivdiual ahead of the common good. In America, we put the individual above all else. We advocate individual freedom. To do pretty much as one pleases. For instance, it's deemed wise and proper to accumulate as much money as one can. Millions and billions of dollars. To become excessively wealthy. Even if that puts other people in peril. Even if it harms the common good. Interesting, isn't it? The wealthy aren't always satisfied. They want more and more. An insatiable desire for limitless wealth. As if they are entitled to it. Even at the expense of poor and destitute people. When really, wealth should be shared. With the purpose of serving the common good. Which happens to be basic tenet of socialists and many religious faiths. Jesus, for instance, sounds like a socialist. Didn't he advocate the sharing of wealth? He urged a rich man to give away his money if he really wanted entry into the kingdom of heaven. That's why I'm gonna vote for Obama and the liberal Democrats. Advocates of the common good. Sure beats supporting Romney and the conservative Republicans. Advocates of the good of the few -- the rich elite. --Jim Broede