As a recipient of SNAP and social security disability (for a psychiatric issue) I watch with growing fear the festering anger among every day Republicans towards what they see as the culture of takers in this country.
Yesterday's air of victory felt good. Today that air is being tainted by the stench of hatred and resentment. It doesn't feel good any more.
I'm not completely certain for my safety in the near future as some of these mouth-breathers re-emerge from their coccoons to release their anger on the people who they feel are the cause of their problems, people like me.
In this country of "takers", by my calculations of the total US expenditures for 2012 of 3.796 trillion dollars, roughly 131 billion went to all combined Federal programs that could be defined as "welfare." It's about 3.5% of Federal expenses.
Demonizing those of us who rely on this charity from the government to live for the country's woes is blaming the wrong group of people, but how do we tell them that before they start taking out their rage on us? I fear a different kind of Kristallnacht may lie in the future for many people like me. :(
I'm not sure we have won much of anything. :(