Why A Democrat

Last night I had the distinct pleasure of joining the Allegheny County Democratic Party Leaders for an awards dinner. Joe Biden was the keynote speaker and delivered a powerful speech about what it means to be a democrat. His speech struck an awesome cord.
In Pittsburgh much of the democratic party's demographic is blue collar workers who go to work everyday simply looking to make an honest days living so that they can support their family and provide opportunities for their children that didn't exist when they were growing up.
There are a few reasons I am a Democrat and first and foremost it is because my father is a worker who has gone to work everyday only to provide me and my brother with opportunities that he never had. When the economy slumps someone needs to be there to stick up for the little guy and that is what the Democratic Party does. Increased regulation in the banking industry doesn't mean that the banks are going to be burdened with extra work it means that the small investor looking to grow their money so that they can provide a college education for their children is protected from the evils of excess greed. This did not happen during the Republican Administration. During the last ten years the productivity of the American worker has increased by 20% but yet the average worker actually saw a decrease in wages. Democrats are not socialists; we simply believe that if a worker is being 20% more productive then they should be able to share in the growth of the economy which their productivity created!
Last night Biden said that being a Democrat means that when things become difficult and a father has to make that long walk up to their child’s room to tell them they can't be on the baseball team or they have to change schools because they lost their job that when they tell that child everything is going to be ok they actually know that things are going to be ok. That is why I am a Democrat as well, because when things get difficult we don’t give up we fix it. We are there for the little guy, for the guy looking to make an honest days wage for an honest days work. Democrats believe in working hard and there being a reward for that hard work. And when the economy is booming again our hard workers of this country should share in the wealth that is created by THEIR work, because when they are able to share in that wealth even more wealth is created, fewer jobs are lost. Instead of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer the Rich get Richer, the middle class gets richer and the poor get richer. Everyone wins when we look out for the people who are the backbone and labor in our economy and that is the way it should be.