ah..hem.... Thank you, Mitt Romney. Gasp. Thank you Paul Ryan. Until you stopped my Medicaid and I had to get along without my medications, I never knew what it was like to be gloriously, completely on my own, with no help! I didn't know how wonderful it would feel, gasp, choke, to have full responsibility for myself. Gasp. To stand on my own feet, as I heard one Republican put it recently. Except I can't stand anymore, I'm on the floor because I can't... cough.... reach the phone. Actually, I can't move. I'm recording this on the little recorder I had within reach. I hope that when they find my body eventually, someone can write my words out.... and let you know how much I appreciate your hastening my death with dignity as I lie here dying on my own.
I am so grateful to you for this chance to experience responsibility and caring for myself as I lay dying, here on the, cough (oh that dust!), floor. Who could have known your election would be so good for me.
Until you took office, and implemented your plans (which I used to call "Draconian" --but that was before I could see things clearly) I had no idea I was not being responsible for myself.
--continue below the orange (sorry) cough--
As I was saying, Mitt and Paul, dying alone like this in pain has been quite a revelation. Some would say I'm dying too young, but it's my Romney/Ryan fate that I've come to accept because I can no longer work and am therefore not a responsible person.
Here, all my life I'd been thinking I was responsible. You know, by going to college, working hard, having jobs in the summer, getting good grades and graduating. Then by getting a job and paying all my own living expenses, paying the full tax rate without any allowed deductions, things like that. Being a responsible parent. Then by starting two of my own businesses, employing people, selling goods made in America only, and paying taxes. I did not send a single job to China. Oops, sorry to remind you about that Mr. Romney. I know you hate that lie.
When I retired early because of my many health problems I tried to just suffer the pain and not get those four of the five joint replacements the doctor said I needed if I wanted to keep moving. But the pain and immobility was just too much. Really, I don't know how I could have been that way! I had insurance for three of them and then Medicaid for another one, which I was actually, I'm so ashamed to say, I was happy to have.
But I know that since I could not pay for it I should have just become immobile and died right then and there. Cough-cough.
I feel I am getting weaker. But not to worry, I think I can finish this, GASP, little thank you note, Mitt.
As I lay dying, all I can think about, besides the pain and loneliness here....... well, cough... is that I have you and Paul Ryan to thank for being put out of my misery in this-so-dignified-way, here on the floor, alone, with no one to help or comfort me.
Yes, because of you and Mr. Ryan the Medicaid people told me I had to fend for myself, actually they said "Be Responsible For Yourself, mam." They told me "No More Nursing Home Care For You. Go Home and Suck It Up! Grow a Spine." That was actually funny since I have these degenerative disks in my spine so I can hardly grow more spine. It's shrinking, you see.
Fortunately I still had Medicare but I had no car and there is no transportation here because that train Governor Scot stopped never was built and since they lowered taxes there is no bus! (Yay!). So I finally was able to stop seeing the doctor who kept telling me to take the pills and have the operation I could not afford!
But no matter, I have the glorious presidency of Romney and Ryan to contemplate as I lay dying. What a joy! And I'm so happy the rich--the 1%-- people are richer now. What a lovely, lovely thought it is to think of them sitting in luxury counting their billions, dining on caviar and drinking champagne with every meal. Only the best for them! And you, of course! I know that I don't deserve things like that because I never did learn how to be responsible for myself by gaming the system like you did, you clever lad.
I can think, cough.... for a few more minutes of consciousness, I think about how you two and your Republican Congress have shaped up this country. Got rid of Obamacare and Medicaid, and voucherized Medicare. Thank you so much for showing us we did not need health care. We could just die. You guys are so clever! I'd never thought of that.
Oh, and I almost forgot Food Stamps! Thank you so much for stopping all that money for food for poor people. I lived on a low social security payment each month and it was not enough for much food so, yes, I admit, I had food stamps. But honestly, I've lost so much weight since Florida dropped that dreadful program, I have you to thank for my drastic weight loss. I've never been partial to emaciated look, but in all my adult years I never looked so thin! It was delightful once I got used to not eating.
For months now I never had to go to see my doctors or take any of that troublesome life-saving medication like my blood pressure pills. I think they were making me sick anyway because once you stopped the FDA and all the regulations (Yay!) those New PHARMA pills made my stomach upset and gave me a bad headache. I was really glad to stop taking them!
Besides getting rid of all non-private health care you did other great things, like dropping those silly estate and equity taxes, lowering the tax rate on the rich and eliminating those bothersome tax deductions for the middle class. And imposing a 10% tax on the poor, that was brilliant. You helped those rich guys just like you promised your bundlers and donors.
Lastly, heh, really!! You said that we would get more JOBS if you did that but it doesn't seem like it is working very fast. When will that be happening? Silly me, I can't expect to be alive when you answer that one. I just know you will do what you said. You never LIE. Cough-cough. You said it was that Obama who lied.
Clearly, I can see. CLEAR EYES, Mr. Romney! You were so right. We didn't need DEMOCRACY after all! We needed the wealthy 1% to be in control of everything, and now that the PLUTOCRACY, gasp, is complete, things are SO much better. Well, except for me here dying on the floor in pain, alone.
It's getting harder to see. Harder to think. Harder to breathe. But at least you stopped all that unnecessary Air Quality Control, the EPA, the Clean Water Act. Now I don't have to drink this dirty water any longer. I'm glad of that because it didn't taste very good truth be told. But with fewer people around you can spread the good water around to those who remain, who can afford it.
And, I can't forget to mention that ever since you started that trade war with CHINA, well people have so much more free time! No one has to work anymore and can't afford to buy anything since the prices went up so much. That was brilliant! Now they sit around the campfire at night, I can see them from my window. You made them so self-reliant they are now proving it's possible to live on just POTATOES and rain water! Another brilliant move, Mr. Romney!
Now, cough-cough-cough, don't be too discouraged when those old Democrats want to make you feel bad for the 35% unemployment rate (or is it higher now?). What do they know? Your moves to decrease the surplus population are highly successful as I personally know very well as I lay dying here all alone on the floor.
I hope you are successful in killing off all the PROGRESSIVES. I hope you enjoy all your riches even more with the drastically lower population. But, cough, if that REVOLUTION starts soon, please take care of yourself. You know, "Storm the Bastille," and all that.... it could get quite dicey for you and Queen Ann, ooops, sorry, cough, I know you don't like that. I mean your lovely wife. Anyhow....
[Just one word, in your ear only, please tell them to take care of my dog POGO and not strap him on any car roof. I know you think he'd like it, but believe me, he'd be terrified.]
Thank you again, Mr. President Romney, I am so happy to die earlier than I'd thought I would, gurgle, cough-cough, because I can take responsibility for my own life now. You showed me the error of my ways. This floor is so hard. Did you ever try lying on the floor, as if you were dying maybe, for two days without food or water, with coughing fits? You might try it. Ah, if only they hadn't taken away that Med Alert thing, oh, well, lambs eat oats and row, row, your own boat, we're all in this alone! ......la de da de da de da....life is such a game.
Ooh, what a pretty orange light.....gurgle, goodbye, happy dreams.
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Paul Krugman!
Paul Krugman on savage cuts to health care!
Medicaid on the Ballot
There’s a lot we don’t know about what Mitt Romney would do if he won. He refuses to say which tax loopholes he would close to make up for $5 trillion in tax cuts;
his economic “plan” is an empty shell.
But one thing is clear: If he wins, Medicaid — which now covers more than 50 million Americans, and which President Obama would expand further as part of his health reform — will face savage cuts.
Estimates suggest that a Romney victory would deny health insurance to about 45 million people who would have coverage if he lost, with two-thirds of that difference due to the assault on Medicaid.
So this election is, to an important degree, really about Medicaid.