C Andy Hailey August 29 at 12:37am - First they came for the unions, but I didn’t vote. - Then they diverted pay raises for my increased productivity to corp profit and my spouse went to work to help pay the mortgage, but we still didn’t vote. - Then our combined income couldn’t keep pace with inflation so we went into more debt with credit cards and refinancing our home equity, but I still didn’t vote. - Then they changed the law and made it harder to declare bankruptcy and get out from under excessive debt, but I still didn’t vote - Then they replaced my guaranteed-income, professionally-run pension with a hapless 401K plan with limited choices and low returns, but I still didn’t vote. - Then they cut my sick leave and vacation benefits and stopped the company match on my 401K, but I still didn’t vote. - Then they passed state laws for Voter ID, eliminating early voting, stand your ground assassinations, vaginal probes, and closing womens health clinics, but I still didnt vote - Then they reduced my work hours so they didn’t have to help pay my medical costs, but I still didn’t vote - Then they changed an old law and let banks gamble with what was left of my savings, but I still didn’t vote. - Then they sold my mortgage to Wall $treet, but I still didn’t vote. - Then they crashed the economy and the value of my home, and I lost my job, but I thought about voting - next time. - Then they bailed out the banks and one of those banks is foreclosing on my home, but I’m too depressed to vote. - Then they didn’t extend unemployment and Congress is on perpetual vacation to raise money from the ONE% instead of helping us recovery from the Great Recession. ----- I guess the only thing left to do IS VOTE.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:16:21 +0000
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