Opinion

These days it seems as though every politician in Washington is talking about “budget deficits” and what cuts they want us to accept. However, when voters had the opportunity to submit questions at the second Presidential debate, not a single person brought up the deficit. People were concerned about jobs, not budget cuts.

On Election Day November 6 voters in Massachusetts have a chance to weigh in for themselves.

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On August 5, six people were killed by a gunman in Wisconsin in a Gurdwara and a police officer was seriously wounded. On August 6, a Mosque was burned down in Joplin, Missouri. People all across the country have condemned these acts and have come together in solidarity and unity. In last few years attacks on Muslims, Sikhs and others have escalated.

A climate of anxiety, fear and suspicion has been created in which sections of society have been declared threat to the security and well being of the nation and humanity and passions are being incited.

On June 16, on the eve of the Greek parliamentary elections, with the future of the European Union in doubt and a newly-elected Socialist president in France, French citizens in the U.S. and Canada voted to elect a candidate in a newly created constituency to represent them in the French National Assembly. They chose Corinne Narassiguin, a 37-year old member of the Socialist Party who has worked as a banker on Wall Street for twelve years.