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Mason County
Democrats
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR
ENDORSEMENTS AND APPROVALS
-> JoeBiden President and Ka‘mala Harris - Vice President
>Derek Kilmer - U.S. Representative, 6th Congressional District
>lay lnslee — Governor
a Denny Heck Lieutenant Governor
>Gael Tarleton Secretary of State
a Bob Ferguson Attorney General
>Michael Pellicciotti - State Treasurer
> Hilary Franz Commissioner of Public Lands
>'Darcy Huffman — State Representative, 35th District
>Colton Myers - State Representative, 35th District
> Raquel Montoya-Lewis State Supreme Court, Position 3
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> G. Helen Whitener State Supreme Court, Position 6
>Yes on Referendum 90
> (Approved) Marilyn Strickland and Beth Doglio - U.S.
Representative,-10th Congressional District
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Vote Myers in 35th
Editor, the Journal,
For voters in the 35th Legislative
District, the choice between candi-
dates couldn’t be more stark. The
incumbent has voted against raising
the minimum wage, against paid
family medical leave and against as-
suring full rest and meal breaks for
nurses and front-line workers. This
is a candidate looking backward and
stuck in the past. The 35th deserves
better.
Fortunately, we have the choice of
a prepared, thoughtful and creative
candidate — Colton Myers. Colton
has the smarts, education and experi-
ence to address our current health
and economic challenges rather than
retreat from them. His work as a
health policy analyst means he can
and will bring better medical care ac—
cess and prescription transparency to
the 35th District. His research expe—
rience means he’ll find the facts lead-
ing to realistic solutions rather than
regressive ones.
Check out Colton’s website at
www.electcoltonmyers.com and I
think you’ll agree that he is ready to
‘ work hard for hard-working families
and bring us all a stronger future for
our part of Puget Sound.
Sincerely,
Donna Branch-Gilby
Port Orchard
False narrative
Editor, the Journal,
I am writing today because I see a
constant barrage of charges of social-
ism being thrown around. The Demo-
cratic Party has not put forth any-
thing that is socialist. That charge is
simply a misunderstanding of what
we call “capitalism” and “socialism.”
There is one train of thought that
characterizes itself as conservative
but is libertarian. This movement is
under the impression that the only
valid standard of capitalism is the
holy writ of Milton Friedman and
Ayn Rand. That is ridiculous.
The fact is that both socialism and
capitalism are theories. In practice,
there is no pure system. I know that
the “capitalist” crowd rails against
rules. But there are going to be lots
of rules in our complex economy and
the only difference is how those rules
are slanted in their benefit to vari-
ous economic actors. Currently, we
have skewed those rules toward the
top income categories for the past
40-plus years. The result is in. We
are experiencing a predictable social
problem as a result.
For the record, I think'that Fried-
man was a really smart guy. I also
think Paul Krugman and Joseph
Stiglitz are pretty smart guys, too. I
characterize all of them as capital-
ist. Elizabeth Warren is a capitalist
too. I think that a healthy economy
requires a synthesis of their ideas.
What I think is madness is laisse-
faire capitalism. That is a simply
the rule of the jungle and will only
benefit the top predators, who are
not true capitalists but rather 01i-
gopolists.
I shake my head when I hear
about socialists and communists
coming to get us. That is pure non-
sense. A universal health care pay-
ment system and social safety net is
not socialism. Canada has a single-
payer system. The United Kingdom
has a nationalized health care sys-
tem. European nations have highly
regulated universal systems. None
of those nations are socialist. They
all have private ownership and even
mint billionaires. Their wealthy live
very comfortably.
If you are voting based on one
party being capitalist and one being
socialist, then you are voting based
on a false belief. I hate to break it
to you, but even AOC is not a true
socialist. In fact, I find that social-
ists love the benefits of capitalism. I
also find they make better capitalists
than most that portray themselves as
capitalists. I find the latter are just
plain greedy and have formed an ide-
ology that serves to portray greed as
some noble principle.
Andrew Makar
Hoodsport
Three generations
for MacEwen
Editor, the Journal,
In these times, we need leaders
who are invested in our community,
stay true to their principles and are
willing to work with others to get
results.
State Rep. Drew MacEwen is one '
of these leaders.
He and his wife were instrumental
in bringing a YMCA to Shelton, in-
vesting in future generations of Ma—
son County kids.
He is a business owner himself
and recognizes unique economic chal-
lenges faced by small businesses,
especially during a pandemic. He
continues to push for the Legislature
to make the tough decisions to the
needs of our communities without
raising taxes.
Most importantly, he knows how
to disagree without being disagree-
able.
We are three generations asking
you to join us in voting for Drew.
2 Julie Sund Nichols
Brian Sund
V Bob Sund
Shelton
Our nation will pay
Editor, the Journal,
As a leader in several‘multina-
tional companies over the course of
my business career, I worked and
lived in Asia, Latin America and the
Middle East for nearly two decades. I
have foreign friends from those days
and I’ve seen comments from them
and from others about how amazing
and ridiculous it is that voters have to
stand in line for eight to 10 hours to
vote in America. “Get your act togeth-
er” was one comment I saw yesterday
in a news report from England. An-
other related that India yes, India
—— doesn’t have these issues. I think
it’s important that all Americans un-
derstand that the long lines are a re-
sult of years of the Republican Party’ 5
deliberate program to disenfranchise
Democratic-leaning voters. Under-
stand that the Republican Party
doesn’t have a platform —‘ their only
plan is to stop the disadvantaged from
voting. Those lines? They’re a result
of decades of gerrymandering. And in
Texas, Republican leaders have tried
to disenfranchise millions of voters in
Harris County by allowing only one
vote collection station, instead of the
planned six. Republicans, the Party of
Lincoln, the party that forced through
the 13th, 14th and 15th' amendments
as part of Reconstruction in the wake
of the Civil War, are enforcing Jim
Crow and effective poll taxes — on
Black citizens. It is shameful and our
country will pay a price for another
century as a result.
Dana Partridge
Shelton
see LE1TERS, page A-9