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Sharon DeBriere's avatar

I was born in 1949 and remember what it was like-lucky enough to grow up middle class and secure. I am white, so of course, I had several legs up (though a women, so remove one leg). Reagan stepped in...and it has NEVER been the same. If they take away social security, my husband and I are seriously fucked.

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Chris Craddock's avatar

And Republican’s tax cutting and largesse for the military, oil and other industries has only made it worse. It boggles my mind that we spend over half of all discretionary dollars on “defense”. And the Republicans want to eliminate Social Security and Medicare “because we can’t afford them”

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