I am a janitor making $20,000 a year. Sure, a tax increase would hurt. But I won't starve. I can still pay the rent. Life will be a little harder, but I'll be OK. It is my country that is in trouble. These huge budget deficits have put us on the road to disaster. Am I willing to let unemployment benefits expire? It will be devastating to millions of my fellow citizens, I know that. But it's not of question of whether or not I'm willing to let that happen, this is a question for the Republicans to decide. For it is squarely on them, not us. If we let the Republicans get away with this does anyone really think that this will be the end of it? No, it will be just the beginning. It will be blackmail forever.
What is a patriot? Someone who flies the flag on the Fourth of July? Or someone willing to make personal sacrifices for the good of the country? There are those among us who have given arms, legs, their lives. What am I willing to give? What are you? What about our grandchildren? They are the ones who are going to get stuck with the bill. Am I willing to put that burden on them just so I can have a few more dollars in my wallet? Are you? I don't want to put this responsibility on the rich only. This is my country too. I want to help. The U.S.S. America is taking on water, we need ALL hands to man the pumps. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." Let us not do what is easy, but rather let us do what is right. Let us do it for our grandchildren. God bless America.