Who Should Say, I Am Sorry

         I am sorry that when I registered to vote, I chose the party my parents had claimed many years before when they had become of age. I apologize for not caring enough about our country to determine my political affiliation based on my passions, interests, and knowledge of world events. I am sorry I took the easy, uneducated way out when making that critically important decision. I am most apologetic for not realizing after I had matured more that my decision had been made in haste and no longer aligned with the needs of the American people. A statement could be easily said that I did not love my country enough to stand up for all Americans because of my choice of political parties. 

         When I turned twenty-one (the age to register when I was young), I hastily chose my parents' party. Over the years, that party garnered much power over the people of the United States. With their power, they placed unfair tax burdens on the people while they were getting rich on insider trading and manipulating the country’s balance sheet. We trusted them because it was much easier to give them the benefit of the doubt than to consider the opposing party had a better plan.

         I thought my little vote did very little to right the wrongs I saw. What a mistake that was! What if everyone thought that way? Again, I took the easy way out by believing there was truth in the idea that there were evil people on both sides of the aisle, even though it seemed my selected party committed the most egregious acts. 

         The party I had chosen so long ago had been billed as the party for the working class, but over the past several election cycles, it has shown itself to be the party for itself. I never changed my party because I feared it would somehow dishonor my mother and father. How foolish a thought was that? My parents loved me for who I was. If they are watching me from heaven, I am sure they are proud of me and continue to love me as I am.          Okay, I finally changed my political party and am happy I did. I started noticing how politics directly impacted my life, especially local politics, and it began to make sense that there was a need for change. I needed to change my party because my cost had increased tremendously under my party's rule, and I was less safe. I wish I had taken an interest in politics much sooner. Perhaps I could have advocated for a better America for everyone before it beca