I got another call asking for money a few minutes ago, and I just couldn't take it any longer. I gave a brief, and somewhat heated, reply to the lady on the phone saying (roughly): Look, I don't have any money to give you because all our money goes to paying for therapy for our son and massive co-insurance for our daughter's durable medical equipment. And don't tell me how the Republicans are working to defeat healthcare reform because the Democrats have the majority in both houses plus the White House. If healthcare reform fails, it will be because the Democrats screwed it up.
But then, I got to thinking that she was probably some paid fund-raiser with no real contact with the DCCC, so I decided to provide them some feedback, too.
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