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I'm 52 yrs old. 25 years ago I was fully employed and living the American dream. I listened to Rush everyday and thought Rush was right. I hated unions and poor people because they were leeches off my tax dollars. I voted GOP in every election.
A couple of years ago after a long life of working and living fit I had a massive heart attack caused by a genetic defect.
My non-union job fired me for not showing up for work while I was in the hospital. I lost my health insurance thirty days later while I recuperated in a skilled nursing home. The bills ran close to $100,000 dollars. I finally recovered six months later, but no one would hire me for a job after submitting over a hundred resumes and getting only two interviews that ended as soon as the interviewer say that I was older.
My house went into foreclosure and the wife split for a more stable man. I finally was able to get a job with about 35 hours a week with no benefits and barely above minimum wage. After 3 months on the job I had another heart attack that left me severely disabled. I ended up on Social Security Disability and food stamps. I finally filed for bankruptcy admitting that the 'I did it all by myself' is just not true.
I don't listen to Rush or other right wing talk show host any longer. After all Rush is a member of the 1% and his solution for people like me is to end all assistance and let us die in the gutter.
A large majority of Rush's listeners are just like me. One paycheck or health crisis away from living in the gutter. Today I'm glad that democrats have provided a safety net for people like me. If the republicans were in charge all people like me would be dead due to lack of care and no place to live.
God Bless America and it's safety net.