Potential Cuts in SS -- It's time to draw our line

[Dems2002]

As a liberal, this has been an incredibly difficult two years. Psychologically, it's been worse than Bush. With Bush, we realized that we didn't vote for him, he didn't represent us, and that there was an alternative to Bush that we were all fighting for.

I never made the mistake of believing Obama to be a flaming liberal, I realized that he was to my right but I was okay with that. But I never felt the honeymoon phase with Obama. From the moment he appointed his economic team, I began to feel disillusioned, but what's happening right now, with the potential for SS cuts on the table, I feel like he's trying to take away my hope that 'we can do better.'

Well, screw him. And all of the Quisling Democrats who stand with him on these cuts. They will not take my hope from me. They may cause me to invest it someplace else. Someplace other than the Democratic party, but I know that the country is with me and us on this issue. I know that the country prefers tax increases to the rich, removing the SS cap, and numerous other, more sensible and less harmful policies than to hurt the least amongst us. I know that the country preferred a Public Option, or the even simpler, Medicare for All approach to healthcare. I know that it feels like the corporations own us, but they do not. They may own Obama, they may own the republican party, the may own 1/2 of congress, but they do not own us. We are the majority. We may have to fight harder for what we need and believe in. We may have to make sacrifices, we may have to protest harder, but we can win. Maybe not with this President, but there will be others. He is not our last hope.

Right now, we simply need to call our representatives and tell them loudly and clearly that this is our line in the sand. Do not cross this, or beware. The republicans are primarying republicans, well its damn time we start primarying democrats. This is OUR Party, if they do not represent US, then we can find different politicians who will.

But whatever we do, we cannot give up hope. That's what they want. They want to discourage us, to cause us to give up, or to go along, but we cannot let them do that to us. We need to hold strong, we need to unite against this trend to kick the poor, the elderly and those of us without giant lobbyists. We do not need lobbyists. We are the people of these United States.

[Big Blue Marble]

1. Well said in the face of desperate times.

I would argue that the corps own more than 1/2 of Congress, probably more
like 7/8's at least. An that is the one of the major problems in this crisis. We no
longer have representative government.

[Dems2002]

2. Maybe

It may very well be that high. But that doesn't mean we can't take our house back. And I don't mean back for Democrats, I mean back from the lobbyists. We can do it. Countries throughout the world face much bigger challenges and succeed. It's not going to be easy. But we can do it. Better Dems 2012...Better Dems 2014, Better Dems 2016...

[Big Blue Marble]

5. I agree with your premise in theory.

Sadly, huge money buys powerful propaganda that keeps most people confused and
angry at surrogates rather than the power brokers. We need enough people to understand
what is really happening and to feel empowered enough to act, i.e. to think outside of
the super dramas and sideshows that define our media and our culture.

That is the defining challenge of our time.

[Dems2002]

7. It is

I know. But it is possible. In California, time and again voters approve local tax increases to support their schools, cities, hospitals and county. They do it for roads, for cops, for firefighters, for safer buildings.

I realize that the right-wing propaganda seems overwhelming and impossible to defeat at times. It is a huge problem and issue. if we could just have one news agency that people listened to, I think that would help a lot.

However, read the polling data. The people mostly agree with us. Sometimes in overwhelming numbers. Just because Obama's a turncoat in my mind, doesn't mean we will always be forced to deal with turncoats. We can do better. It'll be hard, and our chosen candidate and movement appears successful, assassination attempts will be likely from the rich and powerful against the poor and powerless as has always been the case. But we can do it. I believe in the people of this country.

[ladjf]

3. Maybe we could pool our resources and bribe our Congressmen. nt

(joke)

[damntexdem]

4. It's way past time; but we're here now, so draw the line and defend it.

And if the Dems cross the line, screw them, too.

[Dems2002]

6. agreed

Agreed -- any democrat who crosses this line isn't a real democrat anyway, but just another defender of the wealthy.