file photo by Dana Glazer
November 8,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Councilmen Ramon Hache reminds everyone to ,”Get out there and vote today, regardless of who your candidate is. You can’t complain about what’s wrong if you don’t do anything about it. And if you think your vote doesn’t count, it actually counts a lot less if you don’t vote. Voting is not just a right, it’s a privilege. If you can vote, it means you have the privilege of being a citizen of the United States. Despite all our problems, this is still the greatest country in the world. We are fortunate to live in a country where there can be an orderly transfer of power every four years. This country is still the number one destination for people all over the world who are looking for opportunities and a better way of life. Don’t throw away your privilege.”
Go Ramon! I’m going now. (Would have anyway.)
With all due respect Ramon there are other great countries in the world where power gets transitioned peacefully. Have you heard of Germany, France, Sweden, Canada, Great Britain etc? With regards to being lucky of living here please remember that we work twice as hard as the aforementioned countries to make a good living. Look at all the happiness indexes and you will see that we have fallen off the charts since a long time now. What’s worse we don’t have a third serious alternative. We are forced to vote for the lesser evil. A shame for our great country.
With that said God Bless the USA.
11:52 – two questions:
1) If you are so unhappy living here, why don’t you leave and go to live in one of those other countries?
2) If you are so unhappy living here, what are you doing to fix the problems as you see them?