Social Security - Democrats

For many years my father refused to vote.  He would say it was all fixed.  He would say it made no difference.  He was very cynical about our political process.  I never thought of him as very ideological, never saw him as a firm believer in left or right wing causes.  He was an immigrant who had worked hard, been lucky, and was successful beyond his dreams.  He did not dislike America.

I think he saw it for what it was  --  an oligarchy.  As I age, I am beginning to agree with his assessment.  The fact our DEMOCRATIC administration is going to CUT even more of the safety net that keeps a lot of folks alive borders on the CRIMINAL.  Yesterday, I wrote a letter to The White House asking if President Obama wants to go down in history as "the cat food President"?  I suspect he doesn't give a damn.

As the rich get ever richer and our middle class disappears, our representatives, our leaders, care less and less about us.  There is no talk about helping our economy by INCREASING Social Security payments, no talk about expanding the safety net, no talk about making Social Security viable by increasing the limit, making folks pay payroll taxes on more than the current limit.  Everything else has gone up.  The cutoff point on payroll taxes has not.

Now, the poor are being asked to bear the brunt of the "secret austerity" program.

If this comes to pass  --  this "yellow dog Democrat", this straight ticket voter will NEVER vote for ANYONE again.

I now think my father was right.  It's even worse.  Years ago our oligarchs were still living in the shadow of The Great Depression.  They were afraid of waking the beast  --  now, after years of propaganda, they think they've killed it, so they no longer give a damn.

When will we wake up?  HOW will we ever wake up?  We don't even know WHAT the promise of America was.  We no longer have a clue.