Funny world (as in strange, not haha). Today my brother calls the house and gets in another heated argument with my father. My father triggers this. My father is worried about losing social security and paying the bills, and is on the Democrat side. My brother calls. Being in the military, he has turned anti-Democratic party. Maybe he isn't pro-Republican or a Republican, but he echos a lot of the Tea Party stuff, and Fox News talks. He talks about how he was lied to about his taxes not going up and the social security payroll tax reduction stimulus ending. He rails how much the budget could be balanced if you just kick the welfare queens off the rolls, and spoke about the person in a limo picking up a welfare check. It goes on and on and on. He also admits he is buried in credit card and student loan debt. But he will fight on he says. He is taking classes, and he won't come up short. He will take responsibility for himself, and make it.
Here is the kicker: He works for a defense company, I believe as a contractor. He hates how the military is scapegoated for things and blamed for all the money ills. He is going to face furloughs and days off without pay, due to the sequester coming down. In short, he doesn't see himself in any way and form dependent on the government at all. He is also retired military and I believe also is getting a pension of some sort. He doesn't see himself dependent at all. While crying autonomy and not taking care of the welfare losers who are bankrupting the company, he is a contractor on the government dole. He also railed against the likes of the Department of Energy.
I guess, "Keep the government off my Medicare" is alive and well.
