Republican Welfare

As usual the Republican House has found a way to save 40 billion dollars. They are going to steal it from the mouths of American children. What a shock. These children can’t vote and many of their parents do not vote. Moreover, these parents do not contribute to federal election campaigns for Republicans or Democrats so they make up a silent minority that is struggling to make ends meet, therefore, does not have the ability to buy protection from congress unlike American corporations.

From the Republican perspective, if you aren’t a large corporate donor, then, your needs are of no concern for them. They must make sure that the money keeps rolling in to their campaign coffers, and any welfare benefits must go to the highest bidder like the Koch brothers or big oil or big pharma or corporate farms. These people need the American taxpayers’ largess not those welfare frauds making minimum wages or less.

The House Majority leader Eric Cantor is leading the charge. The man who has grown up with a silver spoon in his mouth has no ability to empathize with people working for minimum wage. He is also leading the charge against the Affordable Care (Obamacare) because the taxpayers will be asked to again help the most vulnerable with their healthcare and corporations will be required to provide healthcare options for their workers, which is a travesty for American corporations.

Why should all Americans have the option of having healthcare? Why should corporations be forced to cut into their shareholders profits take care of their workers? That is a bunch of hogwash. On top of that, members of congress and their staff will be required to get healthcare like the rest of the country. That is a ridiculous situation for a member of congress and their staffs. I mean you get elected to one term in congress and you have retirement and healthcare for life no matter your age there is no need for a change. Hell of a gig. Who would ever want to give up that gig?

I only wish that someone would calculate what we are paying in healthcare and retirement benefit to former members of the House and Senate. People would be outraged by the number especially when these members are getting outrageous salaries from lobbying firms and such on top of their retirement pay. Remember that former members of congress get free healthcare upon retirement be it forced through the election process or not.

This sickens me as a teacher as I think about their perks in regards to some of my students that do not have enough to eat. From these republicans we hear, “These kids and their parents are ripping of the government and need to be punished for their poor choices.” What they are saying is that if you are rich and powerful you can rip off the American taxpayer, but if you are struggling to make ends meet, it is your fault and the government is going to punish you. The moral of the story is make sure you are rich before you try to get government benefits.

I think that there is an inscription on the Statue of Liberty that goes something like, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore…” Not in Republican world. They will only reward those that do compensate them monetarily and to hell with everyone else so says Eric Cantor and the rest of his sycophants.

At what point are the American people going to stand up and say enough? Enough of corporate greed? Enough of the attacks on unions? Enough of the attacks on the weakest? I don’t know? I wish that there would be a concerted effort to go after these people that are against women’s reproductive rights and food stamps, yet for billions in corporate welfare. These want women and men to always remember that very pregnancy needs to go to full term no matter the consequences and once you are born the protections stop.

The Republican motto should be: “It is a dog eat dog world, good luck. Take care of yourself because the government could less about you until you have enough money to buy yourself a congressman or woman and/or a Senator.” Mitt and his minions can tell you all about this.