Oct 23, 2004 20:21
S: I'm old enough to vote this year!
C: Are you going to vote in the elections?
S: Yeah!
C: Who are you going to vote for?
S: John Kerry.
C: How come? I mean, why him and not Bush?
S: He's better at arguing than Bush. Bush yells a lot.
C: Did you watch the debates?
S: Yeah, in school.
C: So, okay, you're voting for Kerry. What is Kerry going to do for you as President, I mean, what's your benefit from Kerry being president?
S: Well, the state will get more... f... fu...
C: Funding?
S: Yeah, funding.
C: Funding for what?
S: Um, new cars, and trucks, sand and gravel pits.
C: Sand and gravel trucks?
S: No, sand and gravel pits, like Sand Lake -
C: You mean Troy Concrete? Out by us, by Stewarts that's - I know it's out by us, but that's Troy Concrete, that's its name.
S: Yeah, like Troy Concrete.
C: Okay, well, how do you feel about higher taxes?
S: Um, they're O- they're- no, I don't like them.
C: Well, you know that the taxes are what pays for your house, and your programs and schools and stuff.
S: Yeah, um, but the state shouldn't um, get the dee... the dee...
C: The deficit?
S: Yeah, the deficit, cause, cause when you're at the bank, and you say, you say "Give me twenty, a hundred, hundred twenty-five dollars," and they say no, then you're screwed.
C: So you think Kerry will reduce the deficit?
S: Yeah.
C: Now, why don't you like Bush?
S: He's mean. He calls people names.
C: What sort of names?
S: "Jerk." That's why I don't like him.
C: Okay.