[Magdalen] speech

[Roger Stokes]

On 08/09/2018 15:43, Judy Fleener wrote:
> makes me weep.  I had a talk with a son yesterday about politics, asking
> him to vote a straight ticket, which you cannot do in Michigan.  He peplied
> by saying " I don't want to be a socialist."  Where did I go wrong?

My understanding of Democratic Party policies is that they are very far 
from socialist in the European. let alone the Communist, sense. If they 
were then you would have had Medicare for all by now, decent transport 
infrastructure and a properly funded public education system. The 
appropriate answer might have been "Do you think government should be 
for the public good or enrich those who already have more than enough?"

I assume that being unable to vote a straight ticket in Michigan means 
that you can't go the machine, select D or R, push the button and you 
have voted for all the candidates who have the chose party affiliation. 
Given how many positions you vote for in the USA I can see some sense in 
blocking that simple exercise. It may be that you prefer the policies of 
one candidate for, say, Governor but prefer the other party's policies 
for the city council.

Roger, who is very thankful not to have to vote for so many offices at 
the same time.