Watched a bagger have an epiphany yesterday

[Swede Atlanta]

88. Yes, I have an Aunt and Uncle living in the intermountain West.....

They are staunch conservatives who thought Cheney was God's gift to mankind. Probably the only progressive concept I got through to them was that my being gay was not a mistake, not a choice and I deserved equal treatment under the laws (provided of course this didn't cost them anything)....

Otherwise they think taxes should be reduced, strip away all the "fat" from social programs, etc.

Well, their business went bust in the early 1990s just before they retired. They had been living well with a very large ranch home, horses, several acres, etc.

When the business went bust they took what they had and purchased a nice but modest town home. When maintaining that became too much they bought a double-wide trailer.

It is a nice home and I have nothing against people living in trailer homes. But all the while they watch Fox News and rail against all the taxes and spending on social programs and all that Democratic socialism.

Let's see, they are surviving on their combined Social Security checks. He is eligible for VA medical benefits and takes advantage of those because for things like cataract surgery the coverage is better than Medicare. She is of course on Medicare.

Well, one of their sons had a complete breakdown at age 54. He tried to commit suicide, etc. His assets were quickly used up for all of his medical care after he lost his job. He is now on Medicaid and will be for how many years into the future?

Her husband is suffering from dementia. She is using a state program of adult daycare, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year, to give her some relief from his care. She has inquired of me several times what she can keep if she eventually needs to put him on Medicaid and into a nursing home.

The ironic thing is that of their family of 4, 3 of them are surviving on socialism. But to this day they will not admit their entire survival is based on programs proposed and defended by Democrats.