There's been a diary on top of the rec list all day about things we can do to help push the stimulus through congress. One of the suggestions? Why donate, of course!
You know what? During the campaign, we donated more than we could really afford. Not only to Obama's campaign, but to Jeff Merkley's as well. Because we were told that Democrats needed the power to help push through real legislation that would help us. HA! Good one on us.
You know what else? My wife flew to Ohio, all expenses paid out of our pocket, to register voters for Obama. There's $700 we could have used toward auto repairs, which we need, or to pay down some debt, which we need, or a damned vacation to Ohio for that matter!
And why? Apparently because we didn't learn from 2006 when the Democrats told us all they needed was more power and we gave it to them and then they did jack shit with it and complained that the problem was they needed more power.
Meanwhile, goddamned Washington Mutual, which went fucking bankrupt, just charged me seventy-five fucking dollars on a fifteen dollar payment that was four fucking days late! That is a 500% penalty! Now, to wall street bankers who bitch about only making $500,000, seventy-five bucks may not seem like a lot, but it is to me. Of course, in taxes, I'll be paying a lot more than that to support their greedy asses while they steal money right out from under my nose.
So a big "up yours" to the Democrats tonight. I'll give no more until I start getting back. And Reid, your pencil-neck is on the tippy-top of my shit list.