80%

When I saw this stat this week, that 80% (that's right, boys and girls, eighty percent!) of Americans will face economic insecurity (defined as joblessness, living below the poverty level, or relying on government assistance ) in their lifetime, in the richest nation in the history of human civilization, the first thing I thought was how far the republican party has brought us since the Reagan revolution, to this point in time, when any American can grow up to live in poverty. 

From tax breaks to the wealthy, to its assaults on unions, to its assaults on the social safety net, to its fellating of corporate America, the republicans have brought us the morning in America of which Mr. Reagan spoke.  Unfortunately, it's our citizens waking up weak from hunger, not knowing if they can make their rent payment for the month, working for corporations that don't care if they live or die, and foreseeing a future that isn't any better for their children, while all the while the rich keep getting richer and republicans keep blowing smoke up our asses about how much they care about ordinary Americans.

Sort of like how a much a maggot cares for the rotting flesh.

Peace,
emaycee