Forget party labels

Forget party labels

EDITOR:

When did it become more important to be a Democrat or a Republican and follow the party line than to simply be an American and do what was right for the country and the American people?

Lately it seems that if you’re a Democrat you automatically assume everything that originates on the Republican side of the government is evil, and if you’re a Republican you believe that everything that originates by the Democrats is even more evil. Democrats blame Republicans for anything that the Republicans don’t blame them for. Enough is enough.

We the American people are tired of our jobs going overseas, our tax dollars being wasted, and our needs being ignored. While the two parties were busy pointing fingers that the other side was to blame for whatever, our jobs were allowed to go overseas, our deficit blew itself way out of proportion, health care skyrocketed along with energy prices, and the government basically became dysfunctional.

It’s time for all elected officials at all levels of government, from townships and villages all the way to the state level and the federal government, to quit worrying about which party line we have to follow and get on with the business of governing this country and taking care of the American people. I’m a taxpayer and a voter, and I demand it.

TOM HALL

Lisbon