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I saw something in the July 29 newspaper that many of us have anticipated. It was a letter to the editor from a Hillary Clinton supporter, accusing us Bernie Sanders' supporters of getting Donald Trump elected.

If beating Trump was that important, then you should have voted for Sanders in the primary because his numbers were always better against Trump.

Since Sanders is no longer an option, I intend to vote for Jill Stein for president because I want progress. I don't want change -- I want things to actually get better. I have too often voted for the lesser evil.

If many of us vote for Stein regardless of whether she wins or not it will have a positive effect. It will signal to other voters that the Green Party is a viable alternative.

Stein intends to do something Clinton won't: soak the fat cats. Our economy needs fat cat money in circulation. That money does no good in fat cat pockets. More than any other issue, progressive taxation is necessary for an economy that should tilt downward toward the poor and middle class.