What makes me very sad and anxious is that if the Republicans have their way is that in the next year or so – if Ron Paul or any other leading contender in the GOP manages to finagle the Presidency I will be living on the streets, in a great deal of pain and eating in a soup kitchen.

It makes me feel horrible to see so many comments blaming me and other disabled / elderly for ruining the economy and saying that I, and others like me who worked hard all our lives and then had the audacity to become disabled or old are responsible for the financial woes of this country.

Speaking for many of the disabled and disenfranchised, being in this needy position already makes us feel worthless. We don’t need soulless people telling us that we are basically a waste of breath; our loss of dignity is just about as much as our spirits can take already.

Don’t these people understand that should they remove all social support from this country there will be massive suicide rates? Many of us would rather “fall on their swords” than succumb to physical pain, disease starvation or exposure and loss of hope. Or is that the master plan?

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