I have to admit it. Yes I am a taker. I was on food stamps for about 4 months. That single fact makes me a taker to all Republicans. It doesn't matter that I started working at 9 as a caddy to buy a new bike. Don't matter that at 12 I created my own company for lawn care in my neighborhood and paid taxes on my earnings. Don't matter that at 15 I started my first full time job working at McDonalds, walking to work even in the Chicago area winters. Doesn't matter that I have been working since then, paying taxes since then. I am a taker.
Yep i am one of those lazy people who don't want to work. Apparently I just want to live off the government tit. I am one of those who are ripping off my fellow Americans by having to use the social safety net. Funny thing is that I am in good company. See I am not alone in being a taker. My mom and dad are now takers. They are retired and get Social Security. They are die hard Republicans (Sorry it's true they spawned a die hard liberal ) who support the Republican line all the way yet to most Republicans they are now takers. See the only fact that matters is that they are now using one of the social safety net programs. Those horrible programs that help the poorest members of society.
I know why they want to kill Social Security. They want to hand it over to their buddies on Wall Street. Then they can charge all kinds of fees while they destroy your money and leave you broke. To understand why they want to kill the others you have to look deeper. .
Let's jump down below the orange snow doodle and see why .
The Republicans want to scream about fiscal responsibilities when they are not in the White House. The problem with this is that once they do get into the White House they will spend just as freely if not more than Democrats. We have history to back this up. The federal debt grew unchecked under Reagan and Bush 1. Then it was brought under control during the Clinton years and we posted a surplus. Then we got Bush 2 and his unfunded Medicare drug plan ( A good idea but needs changing to allow CMS to bargain for better prices with the drug companies. ) His 2 wars and huge tax cuts to the rich and corporations. Now we have Barack Obama and once again they want to scream fiscal responsibility.
So where do they want to cut the budget ? Not from the military budget. Nope that is sacrosanct. Not from things that could stand some cuts but from the social safety net. Problem number one is that Social Security is not funded by the government. Wait that can't be true. After all Republicans treat that as part of the budget. Yep it is true. 100% funded by hard working Americans. Everyone sees that little line on their paycheck stub FICA. That is you and me contributing to Social Security. There is just one problem. Those who make below 117,000.00 contribute at one rate. Those who make more get a much lower rate. See after you hit that cap of $117,000.00 you don't pay any more into Social Security. So the more you make over that the lower your contribution percentage is. By raising this cap we could make Social Security viable forever. In fact we could expand payouts so those seniors who rely solely on Social Security could be lifted out of poverty. Yep that is also 100% true. If we lift the cap we would no longer hear stories of seniors making choices between food and medications. Isn't that a good thing ?
I bet we all know of some seniors who are struggling financially. Don't they deserve to get a little lift ? They busted their butts working and now we treat them like lepers. A lot of these seniors vote republican. I bet they would jump for joy to see the Republican party actually advocating for them instead of against them. But we all know the Republican party doesn't care about anyone but those who are rich and the corporations that funnel huge sums of cash to their campaign war chests.
I think it is past time that those of us who are forgotten by Republicans to stand up to their B.S., time to say enough is enough and throw them out. We know they are actively working for the other side that wants to keep us down.The side that wants to destroy public education so the electorate is kept nice and dumb. The side that wants to be free to destroy this planet for personal gain. While they may have more money than us we have the numbers on our side.