Io amo la mia fidanzata.
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I’m just gonna say why we need to fix health care and why “Obamacare” is nowhere near close enough to reaching said goal
- Republicans complain incessantly about “Obamacare” and how it is socialism and how that kills liberty, yet they also want to balance the budget. These are two goals that are literally impossible to achieve without some sort of class genocide.
- “Obamacare” is a wet bandage over the problem. But not mandating a public option that would shove all other private companies out of business, it becomes a massive conflict on interest that gives Republicans fuel. People should never be forced to by a private product, I guarantee tons of people got paid a lot of money by healthcare companies to get the law shoved through.
- By mandating that everyone gets health insurance, young healthy people will all finally be coerced into buying a plan even though they will rarely use it. This will make health care companies’ profits skyrocket. None of this money will go back to the government for social programs or other reasons.
- Health care companies operate with one goal in mind: profit. They are for-profit companies. Thus they don’t represent the people’s interest at all. They solely exist to overcharge for plans so they can pay their employees, rents, and bonuses.
- The government by nature is a non-profit organization. They aren’t trying to makes bonuses (at least not openly) so their plans would automatically be a huge improvement on anything a private company would dream of offering. Thus people would all have the fundamental right to coverage.
- Some Republicans think that it is OK to deny people coverage based on previous conditions, because they are only using health insurance when they are sick and drop it when they are healthy.
- I am autistic and I have yet to find a company that will take me. This isn’t something that popped up overnight, I was born with it. Basically the only way I can get insurance is to go on disability and never work even though I am smart and capable of working. That is sick.
- Isn’t health a fundamental right that shouldn’t be determined by your social class? Most Americans can’t afford great health coverage, it is time to change that. Make everyone use the government plan.
- Some will ask how will Americans pay for this when we are already in debt? If everyone paid the government what they pay now in health insurance, it would be more than enough to support the plan. There would be a surplus because the government isn’t trying to profit from it (hopefully).
- Any questions?
Redefinition of Autism- A Heartfelt Appeal
The APA(American Psychiatric Association) is going to redefine Autism in the US. They want to narrow the definition so that it will only include the most severely autistic people (ex: people who can’t talk or never stop rocking or something like that). This cannot be allowed to happen. People like me (there are many many thousands of us) will lose the care that we need to help us function in society. I am not asking for hand-outs. I just want to continue my therapy so that I can be a productive member of society and be an independent adult.
You might be asking why I even need help when I can type this message coherently. I shake, twitch, stutter, get sensory overload, and meltdown. Also I will never be able to do something as simple as drive a car. All of these things happen somewhat frequently, without the modern help that I (and so many others) get, we would all be dependent people until we die. I just want to be like you, able to function and make something of myself. I am already well into my career, but without the help I get I wouldn’t be able to do these things.
To all of the people who may argue that it is not the average person’s responsibility to help those who have such disorders I will say this: Without the help I have and still receive, I would be completely dependent on welfare for everything. I would cost the government a lot more money then I do now. All I am asking for i the ability to continue to see my therapist at an affordable price. It will save people money and prosperity in the long run.
Obviously I am not urging anybody to do anything but if you could call (or e-mail) your local Congressman/woman and tell them to not allow this to happen, that would be great. Sorry to bother you with such a long post…
Thank you to those who read this.
Helen Keller - an Inspiration to us all
I’m reminded of when people used to call Helen Keller smart, yet those same people called her “challenged” and “deficient” when she became a socialist and spoke out for the cause. Most thought she was just brainwashed or somehow very malleable.
Maybe she loved them because they loved her for who she was. A smart woman who is as capable as everybody else of being a contributing member of society, in her own way. She was deaf and blind, but she was also an amazing writer, and miraculously had a gift with words.
But all capitalists saw was an obstacle, a mere yield sign on their path to forge on their own ways, and in such a harsh world, one woman stood her ground and fought for equality. And they tried to break her publicly, said she was dumb, useless, and a shell of a person.
The fact that we live in a World where not every disabled person has access to basic care so that they may find their way and become blossoming members of society is sick. There are billionaires with more money than they can even handle, yet others starve and lead lives of insane sadness and exclusion.
I have autism, I get tics. I was told that I would never talk, never be able to use a bathroom, never breathe properly, I would die at the age of 12, I would be useless, I would be in a disabled home if I wasn’t dead, and I would never be able to go to school. I was born deaf as well.
Today I am a senior in college, I know Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, English, Russian, and some French and Turkish. I have a gifted intelligence, I have a fiancee who loves me. People wanted to write me off as someone that society would leave behind to die. I didn’t die, I thrived. I have autism, I am socially awkward, and I have tics. But I didn’t let it ruin me, I only wish for other people to have the same forward steps that I had, and maybe our society would be better as a result if we took more time to care for those that would otherwise have fallen behind. Like Helen Keller, like me.
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That moment in a senior college class where you answer a question and someone makes fun of you because you have tics.
Really? Really? I just want to run away. I hate getting tics and I feel naked when people stare at me (possibly noticing them). I know I am weird, I also know that I am smart and empowered. Some people may call me and others like me disabled or “retarded”. Little do they know that my IQ is 158 and I speak 5 languages, or that I work and am able to do so many wonderful things in this world. By stepping on others, you only show that you are a rotten person who deserves nothing but pity. I wish people condemned such behavior more, they say bullying is getting better, I call bullshit. It will be okay though, I will come out on top with a happy life. I am in love and I am talented, things won’t be so bad.
One day I will feel ready to talk about my autism more, but I’m not there yet. I wish I was.
There is no shame in being Autistic
Just found out that my half-sister(by blood not adoption) doesn’t even know she is Autistic. She is going on 12 years old and has no idea why she is different or how to possibly help it. Because her mother thinks it shouldn’t be talked about and is best avoided. Also she is home-schooled.
I am also autistic and there is no shame in openly saying it and getting the resources that we need to make our lives significantly better and richer. Having been raised to never speak of my autism or to simply hide it, I understand the hardships she will face. People like her, like me, need guidance and help from a young age in order to become fully functioning adults. Yes, it is terribly painful and an overall horrible process to break into and live in the non-autistic world, but it is necessary. Tucking problems under a bed will never solve them. I only learned to get true help and look more things up recently, if I knew the things I know now 10 years ago, my life would have been a lot better. I just wish that her adolescence could be better than mine…
