I just couldn't take it tonight. Everyone wanted a piece of me at work today and then I get home and my favorite aunt linked to an article complaining about Obama using a quote from the bible "out of context" and that poor people should just suck it up. For year's she has been posting little snippets like this and tonight it was just too much. I usually just ignore them, but when my 70ish aunt who survives on medicare and social security complains about "big government" and "socialism" it was just too much.
Her post
this is great! i was sick at how the president used the words of Jesus to justify socialism and big government. ugh...
And my response:
Yeah. Who wants medicare or social security or clean water or safe airlines or highways or bridges or a strong military or police or firemen or air that's fit to breath or... And who wants to pay taxes so poor people don't starve. They should just get a job.. or die hungry. Sounds very christian to me. And of course everyone who has a job should pay more taxes so those poor, poor corporations don't have to. Aunt Beck.. I know you didn't write what you linked to, but is that what you really mean?. ugh is right.
I know others have said it better, but I just had to at least try and have her think. We'll see. May have just gotten off the favorite nephew list.