I am growing very tired of seeing my many friends' nonsense on FB. I finally had to let off some steam.
Many of you know there is an election looming on the horizon. Without picking at either party too much, I have to make a few comments on the CRAP I keep seeing and hearing.
"Welfare and food stamp recipients are lazy, no do-gooders, leeching off America's tit. Drug test them all before they receive a dime..."
This amounts to nothing more than BULLYING. You heard me. Yall are picking on those unable to defend themselves because their life is hammered with difficulties! The large majority of these people are hard-working people stuck in jobs that pay crap wages. Many of these folks work multiple jobs and still struggle to squeak out a living. Meanwhile, massive corporations receive regular and typically uncontested benefits and they receive BILLIONS each year in corporate welfare. Also, right now, despite what FOX would have you believe, these corporations are swimming in wealth because they are asking for and receiving less regulations to ensure they are (dis)honest. TARP anyone? They swindled the country and the world and GOT PAID FOR IT! Almost 500 billion was paid out of our tax coffers. Approved and fully vetted for by a Republican president, and a mostly Republican Congress. Many Dems signed up and voted for this as well. Yes, much of this was repaid but, they ground it out of our hard work and efforts and we are seeing on average less wages(and hours) than before. These very same corporations pay their workers the bare minimum they can get away with, while receiving these corporate welfare bonuses, and then the workers are stuck having to get welfare assistance to feed and house themselves. DOUBLE EXTRA PLUS GOOD for the massive corporations. Also, drug testing for welfare recipients? Not only is that considered guilty before proven innocent but, it makes these programs cost EVEN MORE. The few places this has already been instituted have an extremely low positive result for drugs. Also, drug testing is very biased towards more or less one drug: Marijuana. Almost every other abused drug is gone from your system in 24 hours or less. The only way to properly test for repeated abuses of other drugs is by very expensive testing. If you still insist this is a good idea then make it fair. ANYONE or ANY ENTITY that receives a single penny of govt. funds or welfare of any kind, drug test them all !! No exceptions! This means CEOs, board members, legislators, down to the lowly and feeble struggling poor. Anything less is bullying of the worst kind.
"Obamacare"
Look it up people. Heritage foundation and the Republicans had this idea and plan laid out well before Obama took office. Much of the current law was taken from the very plans the Repubs made up. Repub candidate implemented a similar plan in his state that he was governor for. They insisted on these provisions and then still voted against it. America needs a major overhaul of our so-called healthCARE system. The care part is a laugh of course. This is only a step. Is it a good or great step? I cannot say and nor can most of you out there. Do not repeat ideological party lines without doing due research. The Dems did not give this bill proper care and nor did the Repubs. As for not reading this long ass bill? Isn't that what we pay our legislators to DO?! DO YOUR FRAKKIN JOB CONGRESS. Don't whine about the size of the damned thing. You have a staff that WE also pay for to help with these large bills. THEY ARE SLACKING TOO! The bill being too large is like kids whining about having to clean house. Healthcare in America is unlike most other countries in the world. Profit before proper care. THINK ABOUT THAT! Shouldn't care be before profit margins? Do you want your life reduced to a dollar amount? That is exactly what is taking place and many of us cannot or refuse to see this. It is NOT Obamacare. That is nothing more than a dittohead talking point. It is healthcare regulations that are sorely needed ! I am in no way giving it a full thumbs up to say it is so awesome and great. It is only a step. Hopefully, it is a step towards something better for us all. If you truly don't give a rat's ass about others, then please ignore this and continue calling it Obamacare.