I have run the gamut of emotions today, from disgusted to really, really disgusted. But sadly, I have ended up at resigned. Over the past several days, I have been calling, writing, railing against the insanity going on in Washington DC, regarding the budget deficit, and the false allegation that cutting Social Security and Medicare will do anything to defray it. I have written and called my Senators and my Representative. I have written and called Senators and Representatives from other states. I have written and called my Senators and my Representative again. And I have written the White House repeatedly. I keep hoping it would matter.
As of this evening, I have exhausted any capacity to care.
I’ve done a lot of writing on this issue to The Powers in DC, but here is today’s output, which I think says whatever needs to be said.
To the White House, this morning:
Do not cut Social Security, and do not undercut it by using the Chained CPI. I figure you have stopped listening by now, but I cannot stop talking. If I do, I feel too much sadness and despair. You may think that you have the Democratic vote for 2012, and all you need is to persuade some in the middle or the right. But take a lesson from what you called the "shellacking" of 2010: a lot of people will be staying home. That will also affect the "down ballot" votes. We feel betrayed, and it seems pointless to vote for anyone because of the lies. Sen. Sanders, Rep. Peter Defazio, and other progressives are the exception, but you are hurting them, too, because people will throw up their hands and stay home. And your telling us not to give up will not carry any weight now. You have given up, and given us over. Why should we not throw in the towel?
To Senator Bernie Sanders, mid-day:
Thank you for standing up for the Big 3! What more can I say? Yours is the one voice that keeps me sane. Yours is the one voice that gives me hope. I cannot believe how tone-deaf others are in WDC. I cannot believe how the main stream media continues to ignore the fact the that SS is not part of the deficit! (And yes, I write to them about this.) They are misinforming the public, and are not serving their own mandate to act "in the public interest." Keep fighting for us. I do not live in Vermont, but I feel like you are truly representing me.
And finally to the White House again, this evening:
Today, I asked to be removed from your email list. I am tired of being lied to, and I don't need it in my email inbox as well as the radio/tv/newspaper. I am tired of getting updates that tell me how much the Administration has done for me, despite the damage being done to the middle class. I was a supporter, but no more. If the contract of Social Security means nothing to you, then Grant Park no longer means anything to me.
And then I clicked “Unsubscribe” on the email I got today from the White House. If 80% of the public is telling the President to stand his ground on Social Security, etc., and he can’t do it, then it must be intentional. He must be one of Them.
Goodbye, Grant Park. Goodbye.
As of this evening, I have exhausted any capacity to care.
I’ve done a lot of writing on this issue to The Powers in DC, but here is today’s output, which I think says whatever needs to be said.
To the White House, this morning:
Do not cut Social Security, and do not undercut it by using the Chained CPI. I figure you have stopped listening by now, but I cannot stop talking. If I do, I feel too much sadness and despair. You may think that you have the Democratic vote for 2012, and all you need is to persuade some in the middle or the right. But take a lesson from what you called the "shellacking" of 2010: a lot of people will be staying home. That will also affect the "down ballot" votes. We feel betrayed, and it seems pointless to vote for anyone because of the lies. Sen. Sanders, Rep. Peter Defazio, and other progressives are the exception, but you are hurting them, too, because people will throw up their hands and stay home. And your telling us not to give up will not carry any weight now. You have given up, and given us over. Why should we not throw in the towel?
To Senator Bernie Sanders, mid-day:
Thank you for standing up for the Big 3! What more can I say? Yours is the one voice that keeps me sane. Yours is the one voice that gives me hope. I cannot believe how tone-deaf others are in WDC. I cannot believe how the main stream media continues to ignore the fact the that SS is not part of the deficit! (And yes, I write to them about this.) They are misinforming the public, and are not serving their own mandate to act "in the public interest." Keep fighting for us. I do not live in Vermont, but I feel like you are truly representing me.
And finally to the White House again, this evening:
Today, I asked to be removed from your email list. I am tired of being lied to, and I don't need it in my email inbox as well as the radio/tv/newspaper. I am tired of getting updates that tell me how much the Administration has done for me, despite the damage being done to the middle class. I was a supporter, but no more. If the contract of Social Security means nothing to you, then Grant Park no longer means anything to me.
And then I clicked “Unsubscribe” on the email I got today from the White House. If 80% of the public is telling the President to stand his ground on Social Security, etc., and he can’t do it, then it must be intentional. He must be one of Them.
Goodbye, Grant Park. Goodbye.
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