Mark Budman

Mark Budman
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Mark Budman's works have appeared or are about to appear in such magazines as Mississippi Review, Virginia Quarterly, The London Magazine, Midamerican Review, McSweeney's, Turnrow, Connecticut Review, the W.W. Norton anthology Flash Fiction Forward, and elsewhere. He is the publisher of a flash fiction magazine Vestal Review. His novel My Life at First Try was published by Counterpoint Press to wide critical acclaim. He co-edited the anthology You Have Time for This from Ooligan Press; a new anthology is forthcoming in 2011 from Persea Books. http://markbudman.net

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011 5:46PM

A petition to the leaders of the USA

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Dear Republican and Democratic Leaders. Dear rank-and-file party members.

Your actions, or, rather, your inaction—as it was graphically demonstrated by the failure of the deficit reduction ‘Super Committee’—create the atmosphere of uncertainty in our country. Uncertainty in the time of the Great Recession leads to paralysis. This country can still right itself, but it needs the leadership that is ready to sacrifice ideology for the good of the people.

We are willing to see our taxes raised, if you promise to use the revenue to improve the economy instead of wasting it on your pet projects. We are willing to see our benefits slashed if you promise to use the savings to cut the deficit.

We don’t want slogans.

We are not mad as hell.

We don’t need any tea parties.

We don’t need to occupy anything.

We don’t need change for the sake of change.

We don’t care if the government is big or small as long as it works.

 We want jobs and sustainable growth that preserves clean water and air while keeping our country independent. We want a bright future for the next generation of Americans. Stop squabbling among yourselves and give us what we elected you for. If you can’t deliver, step aside or we will vote you out.

 

Please sign this petition here:

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can't 'vote them out.' you can replace the faces, but not the policies.

voting for faces doesn't equal voting for policies for many reasons, 'politicians lie' would be the simplest.

just think about that wish list of yours, as a list of citizen initiatives. many of them would succeed, maybe all. but as long as you insist on being passive patsies: none.

get democracy, or quit whining, you've got the government you deserve.
Faces do politics and not the other way around.