Tuesday, October 30, 2018

SAVE THE ACA. SAVE MEDICARE.

If Republicans contrive to maintain their stranglehold on the United States next Tuesday (White House, Congress, Supreme Court--not to mention numerous state houses and governors' mansions) are you willing to believe that our incumbent "representative" will not join his colleagues and go after the ACA, Medicare, and other safety net entitlement programs?

I'm not. I heard Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell say it shamelessly: he laid the blame for ballooning deficits on these programs, which the vast majority of Americans depend on--and, in most cases, have earned with prepayments--rather than on what we all know to be the real cause: the Republican tax bill which further enriched the very rich and passed out crumbs to the middle class and the poor.

Did you hear Tr*mp shamelessly announce an absurd promise of imminent middle class tax cuts? Did you believe him?

I didn't. I don't trust our current incumbent to work for the preservation of our social security programs. I believe that, if re-elected, he will work with his colleagues to undermine them.

Even sane Republicans (there are some; I spoke to one yesterday) should join us in voting for a sane Democrat next Tuesday. And--sorry, folks--shame on any Democrat who does not show up to vote, or who has not already voted. The future is at stake.

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