Albert Carroll has been a registered Republican for as long as he can remember. But on Tuesday, November 7, he will go to the polls to vote for a Democrat, Sen. Barack Obama, for President of the United States.
Carroll, a steward from Lewisburg, Pa., is a member of UFCW Local 38. He has been a registered voter for years and knows that, on November 4, America’s workers have the opportunity to decide whether they want four more years of the same or change towards a better future.
“We had enough with 8 years of the Bush administration. We need change and I believe Obama has the plan to get the country back on track,” he said.
The choice for America’s workers is clear. Barack Obama stands on the side of working families.
“Obama will revive the economy by supporting working families and keeping jobs in America,” said Carroll.
In fact, Obama will cut taxes for 95 percent of workers and their families and will end breaks for companies that send jobs overseas. John McCain, in contrast, proposes reducing the tax rate for corporations from 35 percent to 25 percent and wants to maintain the Bush tax cuts that only favor the richest Americans.
Joel Elder, who also is a member of Local 38, said Obama is the best choice for America’s workers because he proposes a health care reform that would benefit middle class families and their children.
“People can no longer afford health care in this country,” he said. “We need quality and affordable health care for all Americans.”
Obama proposes a comprehensive health care plan that would provide coverage for all families and would modernize the current system to lower costs.
McCain’s health care plan would tax health care premiums and establish health savings accounts that would shift up to $8,000 in health care costs to working families. He wants to eliminate employer-provided health care, leaving individuals on their own.
With skyrocketing fuel prices affecting working families, Joel Elder knows Obama has the right solutions to the energy crisis.
“Sen. Obama has the right ideas to reduce our dependency on foreign oil and switch to renewable energy,” he said.
For McCain there is only one solution: to increase off-shore drilling and U.S. addiction to oil.
Albert Carroll believes that if Obama is elected, he will support the Employee Free Choice Act and restore the American Dream to millions of middle class families across the country.
“He is backing the Employee Free Choice Act,” said Carroll. “This is our opportunity to vote for a candidate that cares for working families.”
Carroll knows that that Obama will need the support of all workers in the whole nation, especially in states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado and Florida, where Obama needs a clear lead on Election Day.
“We are the people and we need to voice our opinions,” said Carroll. “It is important to get out and vote.”
