Democrats' plans for the future must be addressed

Editor,

I would like to pose a question to your readers because I consider your paper to reach the largest amount of educated people in the area.

The Democrats won the 2006 midterm elections. What now? Will they unleash a sweeping socialist plan to revitalize the safety net and further sink the nation deeper into debt? I did vote blue, but not because I liked the Democratic agenda. I voted for the Democrats because I believe in checks and balances.

The reason I approach this now is because it occurred to me that the state of this country is somewhat similar to the state of many developing countries before being forced into neoliberal reformation by the international community: high debt left over from a quasi-militant regime, bloated inefficient social services infrastructure, and a complacent, unrealistic populace demanding change but not agreeing on the necessary steps.

My question is, do you the youth, the future leaders of this country, think our government should impose neoliberal economic models to balance our debt and return us to a competitive producing member of the world free market economy, or should we continue to refinance the debt until some later undisclosed date?

Buck Glanz

UNM alumnus