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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSlimdown? SLIMDOWN??!! What kind of Orwellian doublespeak is this?
I mean what the f'n fuck, Faux News? You guys come up with some doozies, but this one is so...irksome!
Every other source out there is calling it a shutdown, but in your bubble of Rethuglican slant and spin, you are choosing to portray this as some kind of "slimdown" diet for the government?
God, I hate you people. Why don't you call it what it really is, which is a full-on assault on the poor of this country.
Personal anecdote: I went to the EDD office today in Watsonville, California to apply for a Worker's Retraining program where the government will pay for classes to get you into a field which is currently in high demand. I went there hoping they could help me to complete a paralegal certificate course. (I worked as a paralegal for several years prior to being laid off a few months ago.) There were 20 people in line for 30 spots when I showed up at 7:55 AM. The doors opened for us at 8:30 and the enrollment class was supposed to start at 9:00 AM.
Guess what they told us? Their funding comes from the federal government at the beginning of every month, and due to the government shutdown, the enrollment was cancelled until they get their funding. They had us fill out the forms and told us they would contact us as soon as the funding is provided. I am quite sure that similar cases are being played out for millions of people around the nation.
When the director asked if there were any questions, I raised my hand and said, "Yes, I have a question. Why does anyone still vote Republican?" It got a big laugh from everyone, even him, although he did maintain his professional demeanor.
Anyway, there's my rant. Thanks for reading.
And, so how the F does, Faux Snooze get by with calling this a "slimdown", like the Rethugs are just putting the bloated Federal gubment on a diet and feeding it some Slimfast? What they are really conducting is a blatant assault on Americans and especially poor Americans because the big babies did not get their way in the last election, except in one house of one branch of government.
God, it's so obvious. They are immature little brats, children, who are basically saying, "If you don't play the game by my rules, I am taking my ball and going home with it. And I don't care how many of my countrymen's lives are adversely affected by this. I just want my way! Wahhhhhh!"
StrictlyRockers
(3,859 posts)This is the headline that prompted my rant.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,859 posts)And, I'm going to bump this thread a few times. Because I want more of you to read my story and see that this childish tantrum is having real effects on real people's lives. I've been on DU since 2006, and this isn't the place for me to rant a bit, get motivated and take some action, I don't know where is!
StrictlyRockers
(3,859 posts)More like stupid jerks who didn't get their way and who now don't care who gets hurt because of their grandstanding on a losing issue.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)military, law enforcement, and legislators. Yeah, they had to accept Medicare and Social Security continuing for now, but they are hoping that by the next time they pull this sort of stunt, SS and Medicare will be history. Heck, by then the US as we know it will be history. President Koch will oversee the formation of the Biblical States of America.
The only functions of government will be to make laws restricting the freedom of the 99%, imprisoning or executing violators of those laws, attacking any other nation that displeases us, and taxing the 99% so as to make the 1% even wealthier. All legislators will be 1%ers.
I'm not saying that's a viable plan. I'm just saying that's what they want: slimmed down gubmint.
StrictlyRockers
(3,859 posts)I may not be a child dying of cancer who now will not be getting treated because of the Rethuglican shutdown, but I am one of millions of Americans who was adversely affected.