This is a rant against the diary - "Selfish rich are killing retired people". Rich people are not the problem. Mitch McConnell and the Republicans willing to follow his lead are killing Americans. Assign blame to the right culprits - don't generalize.
Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in the senate willing to follow his lead are killing Americans. Every Republican Senator who filibustered every single bill and every single nomination and used every single procedural rule to prevent the President and the Democrats are guilty of killing Americans or pushing them deeper into poverty.
Statistics from the 2010 election showed that retirees and senior citizens voted mostly for the Republicans. Majority of retirees who were democrats chose to stay at home. Too bad you didn't get your COLA this year. Alan Grayson lost because democrats didn't show up to vote.
There are supposed to be more than 7 million unemployed people. Who was fighting to get their unemployment benefits extended? But these unemployed folks didn't show up to vote, so the President had to trade off tax cuts for the top 1% to get their unemployment benefits so that they wouldn't starve in the winter.
Who saved the auto industry? But who won the votes for Congress and State Legislatures in Rust Belt? The Republicans were rewarded for doing everything possible to screw the people.
Who was working for the people on the Louisiana coast after the BP oil spill? Was it Charlie Melancon or David Vitter? Who did Louisiana vote for? The conservative and religious people voted for a guy involved in a prostitution scandal. So why should we care about what happens to the people on the Gulf Coast?
President Obama and the Democrats helped college students with loans and health care. Did the students show up in Wisconsin and Charlotte to re-elect Russ Feingold and Tom Perriello?
Why should a senator from Oklahoma - Tom Coburn be able to stand in the way of providing heath care for the 9/11 rescue workers in New York? Which state contributes more in taxes - New York or Oklahoma? Why does this self-proclaimed "pastor" and conservative get re-elected?
When the people whose lives are directly affected by efforts of the President and Democrats in Congress don't care about electing Democrats, why should I care?