Dear editor:
A cool breeze swept through our living rooms the other night when the Green Party candidate for president, Jill Stein, laid out the Green "New Deal." After suffering for years with the rancid smell of corporate party politics, we had for one brief moment a glimpse into a future that is now within our grasp.
According to The New York Times, the major party pool of voters is 60 million. Thirty million voted for the winners in this year's contest, while the other 30 million voted for someone else. Also, there are another 88 million habitual nonvoters, and 73 million who did not vote in the primaries, but are likely to vote in the general election. This represents a 191 million pool of possible voters against 30 million who may only, in part, continue to support the 1 percent.
The Green New Deal will bring great jobs and a shot in the arm to an ailing environment. Consequently, the children yet born, and their children, and their children's children, will either bless or curse this generation's pool of possible voters.
Janis Percefull
Historian
Instructor, National Park College
Hot Springs
Editorial on 08/27/2016