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Post by coffeetalk on Mar 16, 2017 21:11:39 GMT
Well this good to know.... "White House budget chief: Proposed cuts to Meals on Wheels are compassionate to taxpayers" Jerk! As a senior I do not use Meals on Wheels but I know it helps home bound seniors. As a taxpayer I want my tax dollars to fund programs like this and feeding kids and not to build another missle. Unless that missle is shoved someplace. I have several friends who volunteer to deliver MOW. Most recipients pay on a sliding scale and enjoy their meals and the quick visit with the volunteers which is, in some cases, the only outside contact they might have that week. I AM LIVID! SaveSave
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2017 21:22:16 GMT
Well this good to know.... "White House budget chief: Proposed cuts to Meals on Wheels are compassionate to taxpayers" Jerk! As a senior I do not use Meals on Wheels but I know it helps home bound seniors. As a taxpayer I want my tax dollars to fund programs like this and feeding kids and not to build another missle. Unless that missle is shoved someplace. What program does Meals on Wheels fall under? When I call my representative I want to talk facts. Under HUD it's part of the Community Development Block Grant which is slated to be eliminated under trump's budget.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2017 22:38:10 GMT
Tiny hands.....
"Great progress on healthcare. Improvements being made - Republicans coming together!"
Knowing how the Republicans like to eat their own I think tiny hands is tweeting one of his "alternative facts"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2017 22:48:16 GMT
"Trump budget director on climate change funding: “We’re not spending money on that anymore. We consider that to be a waste of your money.”
What is a big waste of my money is the huge security budget for trump and his family.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2017 23:38:25 GMT
Rep Mark Takano has a point....
"Meals on Wheels feeds 500,000 veterans every year.
Where does taking food from hungry veterans fit into the "America First" doctrine?"
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 16, 2017 23:47:05 GMT
Well this good to know.... "White House budget chief: Proposed cuts to Meals on Wheels are compassionate to taxpayers" Jerk! As a senior I do not use Meals on Wheels but I know it helps home bound seniors. As a taxpayer I want my tax dollars to fund programs like this and feeding kids and not to build another missle. Unless that missle is shoved someplace. I have several friends who volunteer to deliver MOW. Most recipients pay on a sliding scale and enjoy their meals and the quick visit with the volunteers which is, in some cases, the only outside contact they might have that week. I AM LIVID! SaveSaveI am too. I have a disabled friend my age who DEPENDS on those meals. She is unable to work, SSDI barely covers the necessities, she doesn't drive. Her poor dad is in his 80's and does his best to help her out when he can, but he's not going to live forever. What is someone like my friend supposed to do?
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 16, 2017 23:49:21 GMT
Rep Mark Takano has a point.... "Meals on Wheels feeds 500,000 veterans every year. Where does taking food from hungry veterans fit into the "America First" doctrine?" When I look up the word DEPLORABLE in the dictionary, this is the definition. I just can't even.
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Post by micheley on Mar 17, 2017 0:15:14 GMT
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 17, 2017 0:41:40 GMT
I think that is what part of what he relies on, that people, with lower incomes to begin with foot the bill in helping others.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 17, 2017 1:05:33 GMT
He hates poor people. They are not winners. They are not "attractive" and losers to him.
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Post by imsirius on Mar 17, 2017 1:10:31 GMT
Nowhere else to put this so I will stick it here...from a Huffpost article.
One of the central themes of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was to not only build a border wall, but to make Mexico pay for it. The claim didn’t just become an applause line for Trump on the campaign trail, it was a call-and-response rallying cry.
But the Trump budget proposals revealed late Wednesday include $4.1 billion for the wall. Reuters reported that Trump was asking for $1.5 billion for the current fiscal year and another $2.6 billion for the 2018 budget year, which begins Oct. 1.
The money will come from U.S. taxpayers and not Mexico, which has made it clear that it’s not paying for the wall.
Earlier this year, Trump backed off his campaign promise and admitted that Americans would end up footing the bill, but claimed Mexico would “reimburse us for the cost of the wall.”
A report from the Department of Homeland Security estimated that the cost of the wall would be far higher than what Trump had promised on the campaign trail. Trump has said the wall would cost $12 billion, but Homeland Security estimated it would cost $21.6 billion and take three years to construct.
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Post by Clair on Mar 17, 2017 1:23:19 GMT
He hates poor people. They are not winners. They are not "attractive" and losers to him. Absolutely - these cuts to cdbg grants are huge - Meals on wheels is a fantastic program. There are so many cities that receive these grants - these grants help fund so many programs to help low to moderate income people. Meals on Wheels is essential to so many but wait until we find out other programs and organizions that are impacted because the cities no longer receive cdbg grants - graffiti abatement, domestic violence prevention programs, public safety programs, code enforcement programs, fire prevention programs, police programs, etc
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 17, 2017 1:43:47 GMT
He hates poor people. They are not winners. They are not "attractive" and losers to him. Absolutely - these cuts to cdbg grants are huge - Meals on wheels is a fantastic program. There are so many cities that receive these grants - these grants help fund so many programs to help low to moderate income people. Meals on Wheels is essential to so many but wait until we find out other programs and organizions that are impacted because the cities no longer receive cdbg grants - graffiti abatement, domestic violence prevention programs, public safety programs, code enforcement programs, fire prevention programs, police programs, etc Myself and most of my coworker's, and other partners will likely loose our jobs--WE are not funded by CBDG grants, however the people we serve are. They are not handouts either, these people work their asses off to earn the grants. Not to mention, this KILLS small business as many in our community have used them, pooled with their funds to start up or revitalize.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 17, 2017 1:45:26 GMT
Right now, to borrow (I think) micheley's pist:
I FUCKING HATE HIM AND THE FUCKING REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 17, 2017 2:40:42 GMT
Absolutely - these cuts to cdbg grants are huge - Meals on wheels is a fantastic program. There are so many cities that receive these grants - these grants help fund so many programs to help low to moderate income people. Meals on Wheels is essential to so many but wait until we find out other programs and organizions that are impacted because the cities no longer receive cdbg grants - graffiti abatement, domestic violence prevention programs, public safety programs, code enforcement programs, fire prevention programs, police programs, etc Myself and most of my coworker's, and other partners will likely loose our jobs--WE are not funded by CBDG grants, however the people we serve are. They are not handouts either, these people work their asses off to earn the grants. Not to mention, this KILLS small business as many in our community have used them, pooled with their funds to start up or revitalize. I am so sorry, and I truly hope that doesn't happen.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 17, 2017 2:54:20 GMT
Myself and most of my coworker's, and other partners will likely loose our jobs--WE are not funded by CBDG grants, however the people we serve are. They are not handouts either, these people work their asses off to earn the grants. Not to mention, this KILLS small business as many in our community have used them, pooled with their funds to start up or revitalize. I am so sorry, and I truly hope that doesn't happen. If his budget is approved with cuts like that, they likely will be gone in short order.
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 17, 2017 2:59:26 GMT
Self absorbed, self centered, self righteous assholes.
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Post by micheley on Mar 17, 2017 3:22:15 GMT
Yay! I was tired of being super angry! Now I get to try and sleep, while wondering if my son is going to get drafted and die in North Korea!! Sweet!!!!
eta: what wil is referring to-
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 17, 2017 3:29:39 GMT
this is just so, so, very crazy. perhaps that's why diplomats are the people who conduct diplomacy, rather than a businessman?!?? ya think?!? maybe??
-- one of the comments on the tweet: "I can't imagine how they manage to walk with their foot in their mouth all the time."
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Post by imsirius on Mar 17, 2017 12:48:21 GMT
That is very concerning. For all of North America!!
You don't want to fuck with North Korea....no way, no how.
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Post by micheley on Mar 17, 2017 14:15:02 GMT
Again with the "quotes"! And Oh. My. God. can you imagine if Obama had tweeted this?
William LeGate:
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 17, 2017 14:32:13 GMT
They are going to get us all killed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 14:52:17 GMT
Another lie from tiny hands.... He promised that everyone would have health care coverage at a lower cost.
"JUST IN: President Trump says he’s “100% behind” the GOP’s health care plan cnn.com/politics"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 15:29:12 GMT
From Washington Post's Glenn Kessler....
"US Secy of State Tillerson cut short his visit to S. Korea because of "fatigue," Korean officials tell Korea Herald"
You would think with all the fuss tiny hands made about Hillary's stamina he would have picked someone who had some. This isn't the first time Tillerson has used "fatigue" as a reason to miss something.
However you look at it, it's another embarrassment for the United States.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 15:47:52 GMT
I just read the House will vote on the repeal of the ACA next Thursday. The replacement, in its current form, will eliminate coverage for millions who can least afford it. One of the target groups are the old but who aren't old enough to go on Medicare.
Below is a letter from a woman who is at that target age group and is alive because of the subsidies she received from the ACA and was able to buy the insurance she needed. She had insurance, good insurance, until she she decided to make a chance in her life and quit her job that provided that insurance. Not long after that she received a diagnosis that changed everything.
Under the replacement plan this woman would be screwed.
Dear Jamie,
I’ve always said that life can change in a blink of an eye. Mine did, in January 2015, when I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
A very rare disease, PAH affects 1 in 150,000, or 7 to 8 people in 1 million. Putting it in perspective, that would mean that in New York City, approximately 56 to 64 people are afflicted with PAH.
It's a chronic disease in which the arteries in your lungs become narrowed, making it harder for blood to flow from your lungs and thus raising the pressure in those arteries.
This causes the right chamber in your heart to work harder to pump the blood, eventually causing the right side of your heart to weaken and fail.
My disease is fatal. I know how I will die: from a massive heart attack. As I write this, the right side of my heart is three times its normal size. If I don’t die of a heart attack, I will slowly suffocate, gasping for every breath.
Before I found out that I was sick, I decided to leave my corporate job and establish my own company. I had a full medical physical while I still had health insurance with my company.
I saw a heart doctor, lung doctor, ob/gyn, eye doctor, and my primary care doctor. I did have some shortness of breath, but all the doctors assured me that if I lost a few pounds, I would feel better.
Great! I had the green light to start my own company. I felt like I had the knowledge in my field to be successful, and grow a company from the ground up. I quit my corporate job of over 25 years, opened my own business, and hired an employee.
Still, I was short of breath. I had COBRA insurance, and started seeing heart and lung specialists. When I didn’t feel I had gotten a good answer or report, I saw another specialist. And then another.
I just knew something was off. Why could I not walk a few feet without getting short of breath? Each specialist thought that I should either lose some weight and/or that I had asthma.
I started using inhalers, but they did not seem to help. And the shortness of breath was getting worse.
My work is very physical, and can require me to be on my feet sometimes as much as 12 hours a day. How could I keep my company going, if I can’t walk more than a few feet without having to stop to catch my breath?
In December of 2014, I noticed that my feet were very swollen. I mean so swollen that I could barely put shoes on. I called a heart doctor, and when he saw my feet, I could see in his face that he was alarmed. He said we need to do a right heart catheterization. Now.
I prepared for the procedure, and afterwards, he came into my room and said, “Katie, I think you have pulmonary hypertension." I thought, "So, okay, fix it." He said, “Katie, this is bad. Really bad. I need you to see a specialist.”
He set up an appointment for me with a specialist at a local university hospital. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was assigned one of the finest pulmonary hypertension doctors in the country. I found out that day, that I had this disease, and I began to process exactly how serious it is. There is no cure.
Because mine is idiopathic, the doctors are not sure how I developed this disease. Since it took so long to diagnose, which is not unusual, my case is Class III, severe.
Meaning that my heart is in severely bad shape, and that my ability to breathe has become labored with doing normal activities such as bathing, dressing, fixing my hair, laundry, grocery shopping, household chores.
When you've moved into Class IV, you have trouble breathing while just lying in bed. This disease is often misdiagnosed as asthma. Only a pulmonary specialist can diagnose it, and only after having a right heart catheterization.
I asked my doctor, “How long do I have?”
He wouldn't answer, but did tell me, “If you don’t take any medication, you will die within 6 months.”
Six months. I was that sick. I am that sick.
"Great, so now I’m sick," I said to myself. "I’ve only just started a new company a little over a year ago. And I took all my money out of my 401K to put into my company. Oh, and my COBRA is about to run out in 4 months. What the hell am I going to do?"
My doctor started me on two drugs to help slow the progression of the disease, and to help open the arteries of my lungs. There is no cure – there is no possibility of getting better. But they can hope to slow the progression of the disease.
One drug is called Adcirca and costs $3,418 per month, the other is Opsumit and costs $7,839 per month. That’s $11,257 each month, or $135,084 per year.
My doctor puts me in touch with a foundation in Virginia which helps people with the top 20 rare diseases in the world. Thank God for these people, as they helped me to navigate the choppy waters of insurance and social security disability.
After many long conversations with this foundation, I decided that I would need to sell my company and go on disability and Obamacare. That would be the only way I would be able to afford my medication.
It’s simply too expensive to pay for it with private insurance. Even with private insurance, my deductible was over $10,000, and each month my medication would have cost me a minimum of $800, out of pocket.
Meeting those types of numbers each month was out of my reach. I don’t think I could have even done it when I was making a high corporate salary. Being sick is very expensive.
Had it not been for Obamacare when my COBRA ran out, I would already be dead. I had a pre-existing condition.
I would have had to declare to any insurance company that I had PAH. And my medications were very expensive. Not one company would have insured me.
Although I was “maintaining” my numbers with my disease, I was not improving with my six-minute walk tests. So in June of 2016, my doctor started me on another medication, hoping that perhaps I would be able to walk further without so much shortness of breath.
This drug, which was just recently approved by the FDA, is called Uptravi. It costs $22,324 per month, or $267,888 per year. Now for just three medications, my costs are more than $400,000 per year.
I take 41 pills a day to stay alive. Pills for depression, allergies, water weight gain, potassium… the list goes on and on. My medications all together cost nearly half a million dollars per year. If I won the lottery, it would be gone very quickly, just for paying for mediation. Half a million per year to stay alive.
I'm a single, white, college educated, well-read woman in her mid-fifties who made a nice corporate salary that allowed me to purchase my own home and travel whenever I desired. I wanted for nothing.
I ate out in nice restaurants nearly every day, and enjoyed a nice lifestyle with my friends and family. I thought I would be just as successful opening my own business. I had, after all, more than 30 years of experience in my field, and was well known in my community.
I had all the components needed to be successful. Except my health. Little did I know, I had been sick for many years.
I’m also a women who's worked since she was 14 years old. I worked every weekend during high school, and during the summer I worked over 40 hours per week.
During my first three years of college I had a part-time job, and took a full-time job my senior year. Now, in my mid-fifties, I’m on disability.
To look at me, you would have no idea that I take 41 pills a day and am forced to live on disability because I can’t afford the premiums and the deductibles with my illness.
However, I do not feel guilty for being on disability. I put into the system for 43 years of my life. I paid 25% of my salary for taxes. I paid my dues.
But I thank God for Obamacare. It allowed me to get insurance, when I first discovered I was very, very ill. No insurance company could refuse me, no matter the cost of the drugs. No matter my diagnosis.
I’m scared to bits thinking of what Trump and the Republicans will do with healthcare. I will be eligible for Medicare in the summer of 2017.
What will happen to me?
I would say to everyone who thinks Obamacare didn’t do much – think of me.
I would say to everyone who asks, “Why is it the responsibility of the government to make sure every American has health care?” I hope they think of my story.
Because without help from the government, I will die. With no access to drugs, I will die within 6 months.
Thanks for listening, Jamie.
Your friend always,
Katie
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Post by pyccku on Mar 17, 2017 15:58:25 GMT
Stories like that won't matter. Because it isn't happening to THEM.
Maybe Katie should have worked harder. Maybe she should have taken better care of herself. Maybe she just hasn't earned the right to live past her 50's. Maybe it's more important that we protect profits than citizens.
There will always be a reason why the people who need assistance from the government - whether in the shape of grants, food stamps, housing assistance or subsidized health care - are always going to fall short of being deserving of that assistance.
It's not important that our citizens are healthy and able to live productive lives. It is vital that the president be able to take a weekly vacation at taxpayer expense, that his wife be protected at all times in his tower in NYC, and that we have a bunch more weapons to use for wars against whatever country he decides they need to be used against. All else is unimportant.
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Post by micheley on Mar 17, 2017 15:58:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 16:16:41 GMT
From Hillary.... "Things I learned today. Russians spy. Health Care is complicated. Diplomacy is exhausting. Who knew?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 20:53:20 GMT
From Time.....
"Angela Merkel asked President Trump to shake hands. He appeared to ignored her ti.me/2ni7oKH"
And yet another embarrassment by this president.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 17, 2017 21:07:11 GMT
From Time..... "Angela Merkel asked President Trump to shake hands. He appeared to ignored her ti.me/2ni7oKH" And yet another embarrassment by this president. Hmmm. I wonder why he didn't feel compelled to yank her arm out of its socket like all of the other world leaders?
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