Let me tell you something Rich, my ex-sister-in-law lost her job to a layoff. She has three children that she is raising on her own. She has been looking, and has been unable to find a job. The extension of her unemployment benefits is the only way that she was able to pay her bills and feed herself and her kids. NO ONE CARES about other people’s problems and it can’t be anymore obvious than when people state that it is selfish to vote in favor of such benefits over the abortion issue. These are people who are already born, and struggling. The extension of unemployment benefits is insignificant to those unaffected by it. And even more, it’s hated to those who have to pay it.
Health insurance for kids until their 26? Who cares? Not those who don’t need it. What about those who need it? Who cares. They’re on their own, or at least some think they should be.
Ex-sister-in-law has been going to food banks lately. The cost of food is rising, and she doesn’t have enough money to support herself and the kids. She is in the process of applying for food stamps. I hope she gets them. I don’t know what she will do if she doesn’t. I guess she could keep going to the food bank and hope they can always provide for her. Because she still hasn’t been able to find a job.
Sorry, but abortion is not my single most important ever in the world issue. Women will continue to have abortions if they want them, whether they’re legal or not, whether legislation screws up every other secular insitution or not, whether they’re expensive or cheap, whether they have to drive to another state or not, whether a doctor or a meat packer performs it, and whether I agree with it or not. But my family and friends need help now. If there is a politician out there running who can help my family and friends now, or they have already done so, and I think they will continue to do so, then that candidate has my vote.
There is no perfect candidate. There is only a lesser screw-up.
