[ SECRET POST #2496 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2496 ⌋

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Re: Non-fandom confessions

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I used to be a Republican. My parents (now 15+ years deceased) were staunch Republicans, and I consider them to have been good people, though like everyone else they did have their biases, misconceptions and blind spots. And I still lean less far to the left than a lot of people around here. So I feel you, somewhat.

My husband and I--who, I should note, both have some college, have in the past done better financially, and have paid taxes that helped fund assistance programs for other people--work several part-time jobs between us, but we still need food stamps and some medical assistance; we may qualify for other programs, but we prefer to get by without them. And I have seen people at the DHHS office whose pricey gear and grooming make it hard not to wonder just how well they live and whether they're working as hard and doing without as much as we are.

I do have to say, though, that I find remarks like Charles Koch's infamous "I just want my fair share, and that's all of it!" to be indicative of a much more deeply troubling brand of entitlement on the part of the conservative elite than any welfare recipient may be guilty of. Not least because they appear to be getting frighteningly close to making good on that wish. Nobody likes government waste, but some of the policies and "reforms" they're pushing are avaricious and plain mean-spirited no matter how you slice it, especially when you look at the size and bloat of the defense budget and corporate subsidies that they categorically refuse to consider trimming.

I really do believe that letting some lazy entitled people slide is the lesser evil, when the alternative is to hurt a whole lot of people who are trying hard, but fighting an uphill battle against those who are already wealthy and now want to vacuum up the little bit they've left the rest of us.