Congress is on vacation for the month of August, which I don't understand, I mean... haven't they been on vacation all year? Anyway, the Senators, the Congressmen... they all go "home" to their constituents for "Town Hall" meetings so they can talk a bunch of rhetoric to the sheep, so they can peddle their poop for cash and votes for their next terms. Saxby Chambliss comes to Athens, does he have a "Town Hall"? No, of course not... he's a coward, he goes to the Rotary Club, a place where everyone believes what he believes and just adores him.
While Chambliss is at his Love-In, he tells the Rotary Club about his "New Bill". Now, a little background, he is for shutting down the Government if the Affordable Care Act and the Pre-Existing Healthcare Bill isn't repealed, and he is as all the other Republicans in Washington a part of separating the Farm Bill from the Food Stamp Program, which of course was pushed through...the Republicans own the House, so they can get that much closer to their goal of de-funding the Food Stamp Program. We have people working full time and not making enough money to buy food, gas to get to work, and insurance... and if you are like hundreds of thousands of people like myself, that have Pre-Existing conditions. Many of whom, like myself, have that condition due to an accident or illness, it's not like we purposely put ourselves in a situation to have conditions. So, these people who are now the majority, we used to be called Middle Class...now, just the working poor can look forward to a September that might strip us of our food and insurance. Thank you Senator Chambliss.
There are a lot of misconceptions about the Affordable Healthcare Act and the PICP(Pre-Existing Insurance), and they want it that way. PCIP is not Medicaid, you have to PAY for it and PAY your deductible. Nobody is giving you anything, except Insurance which is vital to our survival. The Affordable Healthcare Act is the name of the new Healthcare reform, not Obamacare. The penalty for not getting insurance is $96.00, if you get insurance and you are the working poor, the government reimburses you in your Income Tax Check for your fee and deductibles. Faux News didn't tell you that, did they?
The deal here is that Big Business has been getting away with not taking care of their people, they hire 3rd Party Providers that can lie...lie...lie and you lose your job because you got hurt, or sick. Or, they work you 36 hours, this is to step in on Big Business and make them do the right thing. Now, speaking of Big Business back to the Senator. He, the man on his website saying he's for the people of Georgia...yeah, is going into Washington in September with a bill to provide Big Business with a Federally Funded Firewall. No, I'm not kidding. He wants to take your money, and give more of it to Big Business by creating and maintaining Federal Firewall protection for Big Corporations that have been hacked, so that they can discreetly go to the Government without disclosing to you that your information has or may have been compromised by Hackers and the government will provide them with Federal Encryption Firewall protection. This is the truth. Republicans have been behind funding all the bailouts and the banks...Trillions of dollars towards Big Business. Like the huge corporations that hedge their money in countries that have little to no Capital Gains Tax and then go poor mouthing to the government saying that they can't access their funds because the taxes are too high and they can't hire new people, blah...blah...the things they have to say so that when the masses hear about it, they can rest easy that these gigantic wealthy companies are only paying 5% of what we pay because they are going to create jobs.
Where are these jobs? Where I live, my county, and the surrounding 3 counties have no Department of Labor, they are shut down. Yes, honestly... there is no place you can go to be referred to permanent employment. If you came here at my age with my largely accomplished resume, not beating my own drum, just saying that I have a long history of Management in Administrative and more, so I'm an accomplished and driven individual that has spent most of my life coaching and developing, pushing for success for my companies, you will not find a job. Drugstores, Gas Stations, Grocery Stores...won't hire you(that's what's available here, unless you know someone). But, I didn't need to tell you that, the fact that there is no DOL in 4 counties, now I could be wrong...it may only be 3 counties.
So, it comes down to this. I'm not a "Party Person", I'm not bashing the Republicans because I'm a Democrat, it's because they want us to be poor, they want "1984", they don't want women, black, or brown to stand up and stand out. They don't care if we starve, die of treatable diseases or sleep on the street...they just want to say NO TO ANYTHING THE PRESIDENT PROPOSES. Shut down the government, really? If they don't like the Healthcare Bill, form a Bipartisan Committee and create one that would work for the benefit of all American's and it's new immigrants. Leave PCIP and Foodstamps alone. Until we have jobs, or until we have jobs that pay living wages, we need to eat and those of us who can't get insurance the "old fashioned way", let us pay for our insurance and let us get the care we need! Big Business is called Big Business for a reason, they HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, THEY DON'T NEED ANYMORE OF OURS!!! Let them take care of their own Firewalls, bills, and decisions. But, since they have taken much to much liberty, THEY DO NEED BABYSITTERS! Feel me?
