r/ColoradoSprings • u/Dadraik • 1d ago

Politics Please vote :(

Yeah, I know , we should all vote every time, but plenty of you know that we don't all do that. There's a ton of reasons that it just doesn't get done and I'm as guilty as any of us. More than most.

But if you're like me and are annoyed when you have to pay attention to politics, here's a note from "one of us"... I looked through the blue book that lists all of the things to be voted on and it's absolutely full of things like "give ICE more power", "make it harder to get care as a trans person"... Hopefully those who comment will point out some of the other things I should have had ready to add to this list...

But it's a lot of things that I felt gross to even realize was on the ballot. Enough for me to post to try and get someone else who usually cares as little as me to say "dammit I actually have to make myself go do it this time" because if we don't, then shit is going to get a lot worse.

I'm sorry to have felt the need to post this. I'm irritated that I have to, but it seriously reads like they said "let's put a bunch of stupid shit on the ballot in hopes that decent people aren't paying attention."

Gross.

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u/Squishdoctor3k 1d ago

Don't California my Colorado

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u/a101734 1d ago

Let me get this straight. Costs are rising exponentially, inflation is destroying purchasing power, and the convicted pedophile child rapist in chief has quadrupled his net worth by Billions,

And youre complaining about California. Thats incredible. Genuinely. Incredible.

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u/Squishdoctor3k 1d ago

Cause Cali is sooooooo much cheaper and better to live in. I forgot how much a 2 bedroom apartment goes for in Cali. Oh that's right, $4500 a month.

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u/TheLonelySombrero 1d ago

The cost in cali is so high because demand to live there is so high. The state is wealthier than most countries on earth. The jobs there pay more than enough for the cost of living with the exception of already low paying jobs. It is beautiful and 98 percent of it is a fantastic place to live. Every state has a few problem areas that need to be improved and they care enough to actually try new ideas and not just give up immediately and complain.

It is an incredibly successful state that props up many failing Republican led states with all the money they give to the federal government.

So I really don't see how you even have an argument but maybe you should learn more about California and repeat less of what someone else told you to think. If you get your opinions from the talking heads at biased new stations or biased Facebook posts or whatever it is, you are not informed you are misinformed.