I am ashamed. And humbled. [View all]

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Watching Rachel educating me on how the country was changed by the handicapped activists, how their actions resulted in the Americans With Disabilities act - and then showing the army of disabled persons staging the sit-in at McConnells office today, fighting with all of their might, for Medicaid.....I am ashamed of myself.

I live in WA, as a self-employed person with little income, I qualified for full coverage under the Affordable Care Act, full Medicaid.

These people are fighting for me. These people, some of whom depend on Medicaid for their lives, are fighting for me, too.

And what am I doing for them? That footage of the young girl being lifted out of her pink wheelchair, unceasingly shouting "NO CUTS TO MEDICAID!", fighting with all her passion, and strength, and heart, for Medicaid.....it stopped me in my tracks.

What the fuck am *I* doing, in this world, of any consequence, that matters as much to anyone else, as what she is going for me. What the fuck am I doing.