Some days I am just so overwhelmed...

[EEO]

By the people who continue being successful in cutting funding to social safety net programs designed to help the most vulnerable in our society while giving the rich tax cuts and government money.

It is so morally wrong, and they have done so much damage.

[RufusTFirefly]

1. I'm so glad you used the phrase "morally wrong"

It's high time we reclaimed the moral high ground and made it clear that income inequality is morally wrong, as is living in the richest nation in the world and yet letting people get sick or go hungry.

[EEO]

6. Yes it is.

I don't know how self-proclaimed Christians who support slashing social programs can look at themselves in the mirror.

[Gregorian]

2. Now how do we get the rest of the coutry to see it?

I have visions of a better world, but it takes teamwork. It really is US against THEM. And they own the military and media.

Is it bad enough yet to wake people up? I honestly don't think it is. It's like alcoholism: by the time you realize you have a problem, you have no liver.

By the time you realize the system is rigged, your wallet is gone.

I continue to be optimistic despite the zillions of posts I've made that sound to the contrary. We can vote, sort of.

[NonMetro]

3. Try Not To Be

This has been going on since the 30's. Conservatives hated FDR then, and they still do now. They sit awake fretting at night that somebody, somewhere, is getting something for nothing. I'd like to be able to say I see light at the end of the tunnel - but I don't. And with Republicans in charge, it's only going to be worse in the short term. But nothing lasts forever - not even this.

[EEO]

10. We need to find a way to break through the right-wing propaganda, which has poisoned...

the minds of so many when it comes to what is in their own best interest.

[madaboutharry]

4. You are not alone.

I don't understand the way they see the world.

[Skittles]

5. a great majority of them call themselves "Christians"

yup

[darkangel218]

7. Don't expect them to feel any remorse.

They're immune to compassion and humanity ( most of them, anyway)

It's a sad reality we live in

[EEO]

11. I struggle with whether they are actually so cruel or so ignorant.

Perhaps it is both.

[valerief]

8. The masses simply don't matter, except as cannon fodder. nt

[mountain grammy]

9. I too feel overwhelmed, but I'm more concerned

about the out of control violence against citizens by people who have power; police, prison guards, soldiers, etc. That, along with cutting funding for safety nets, show real hatred for our fellow citizens who don't live up to some kind of made up, bullshit standard.

The inhumanity Americans in positions of power show towards fellow citizens is indeed chilling. I listened to an author on John Fuglesang's show today who had worked in Rikers Island. Prison conditions are an indictment of American society.