The People Who Elected Obama Don't Want Cuts to Social Security and Medicare

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1. K&R Absolutely true. In fact,

the opposition to cutting SS and Medicare even extends across party lines, as polls have shown clearly and repeatedly. But you are right; this vote, in particular, proclaims the people's will as clearly as anything possibly could.

Do we have representation or not?

Our *representatives* appear to need a clear reminder that they work for us. Unless the people raise hell, we are likely to see a betrayal of unfathomable cruelty and audacity. Write, call, protest, talk to neighbors, make this a media issue. Do NOT let them slip cuts through. Remind everyone you know that the middle class and the poor were devastated through policy, that virtually all new wealth of the past 30 years has gone to the top one percent, that 93 percent of the recovery has gone to the top one percent, and that even today, money continues to pour to the top one percent.

It is unconscionable that the fundamental safety nets, a fundamental compact between the government and Americans into which we pay our entire lives, would be cut, against all reason and against public will. We are supposed to have a REPRESENTATIVE government, not an oligarchy bleeding us. If they do this, this entire election season, during which our party proclaimed itself the defender of Americans and the 99 percent, will have been a vicious joke on and deliberate betrayal of the American people. We will have rulers and not representatives.

We need to do everything possible to raise the profile of this issue. Talk to everyone you know, and raise the alarm now.

We need to make this message to Washington very loud and clear as a nation.