Ryder McEntyre, Campus Carrier Graphics Editor
Republicans, through their words and actions, seem to genuinely care about us middle class students. They love our bright future in the workforce. They want to fight for our rights. We’re lining their pockets with millions each election cycle.
We’re not one of the most important generations, culturally and economically because of our youth, potential or awareness. We’re politically influential simply because we’re so involved. We’re individualized and selfish, and we don’t really care about what’s happening to our environment, to our economy, to our families, to our daily lives.
We want the government out of our lives, more guns on the streets, a continued drug war, and most of all: we never want to stop the unrest in the Middle East. Republicans know we want women to continually get paid less than men. We want police to continue doing what they do best—protecting ourselves from ourselves.
We support the repeal of the Affordable Care Act because we know that unregulated private options are the best options. They are grateful we came out to the polls this past November and put them in office.
Just kidding! Now, let’s put that in terms of reality. Republicans, through their words and actions, seem like they couldn’t care less about us middle class students. They seek to continue giving tax breaks to the already wealthy and celebrating those who inherit their wealth instead of work for it. They do not want to fight for our rights. We’re not lining their pockets with millions each election cycle. Special interests are.
We’re one of the most important generations, culturally and economically because of our youth, potential and awareness, but we’re not politically influential simply because we’re so uninvolved. We are individuals with our own sense of strong beliefs, and we’re not selfish about them because we care about what’s happening to our environment, to our economy, to our families, to our daily lives.
We want the government to be held accountable, and we want good government in our lives. We want fewer guns on the streets, an end to the drug war that has incarcerated millions needlessly, and most of all–we never wanted to screw up the Middle East in the first place. Republicans think we want women to continually get paid less than men, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. We want police to get back to doing what they really do best—providing fair and dutiful protection to our society.
We do not support the repeal of the Affordable Care Act because we know that the flawed system is even worse without it. The Republicans should be grateful we did not come out to the polls this past November. If we did, they wouldn’t be in office.