This is the most important election of my life because I'm autistic

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22 Aug 2016, 1:48 am

if one is ill and cannot afford to see a medic [due to the criminally exorbitant cost of health care here in America], not much else matters. good health is the foundation for everything else.

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22 Aug 2016, 1:54 am

auntblabby wrote:

if one is ill and cannot afford to see a medic [due to the criminally exorbitant cost of health care here in America], not much else matters. good health is the foundation for everything else.

But I am technically homeless, I been couch surfing for the last year and its hard to get into any program that assist with living. I also don't have financial stability and been fighting SSI about disability, despite being qualified for Long Term Medicaid and following under the criteria of Colorado's disability criteria as disabled.

I essential stand at nothing. Living with other people. "Mooching" off of other people's good grace because the government doesn't provide much assistance.

Good Healthcare is all fine, but its only a start

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22 Aug 2016, 2:12 am

and in this important respect, The Rump doesn't even offer a start. he offers a big fat NOTHING to folks like you and me, other than a kick in the teeth.

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22 Aug 2016, 2:14 am

auntblabby wrote:

and in this important respect, The Rump doesn't even offer a start. he offers a big fat NOTHING to folks like you and me, other than a kick in the teeth.

you mean like the current system has been for a while now.

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22 Aug 2016, 2:16 am

all I know is that thanks to PPACA I can afford health care whereas before I could not. simple as that.

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22 Aug 2016, 2:18 am

auntblabby wrote:

all I know is that thanks to PPACA I can afford health care whereas before I could not. simple as that.

all I know is that, I am unfortunately trying to ask help, from a broken welfare system and people think I am just being lazy or not trying hard enough

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22 Aug 2016, 2:59 am

the GOP holding onto all the reins of power would be even harsher on you and me. far harsher.

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22 Aug 2016, 3:18 am

auntblabby wrote:

the GOP holding onto all the reins of power would be even harsher on you and me. far harsher.

True, but I have to uncover the video an Austrian woman was speaking of her encounters in World War and she said something that really struck out to me

"When the people fear their government, that's a dictatorship. When the government fears their people, that's liberty" and I essentially agree with her

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22 Aug 2016, 3:28 am

I prefer the softer dictator to the harder one. but we are captive regardless.

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22 Aug 2016, 1:33 pm

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I prefer the softer dictator to the harder one. but we are captive regardless.

I prefer no dictator. I like more like the European Parliament, its odd because I much prefer an Imperialistic interest. Because it feels more pragmatic.

But I also as said, feel like we should have liberty. I am not one to stand for this kind of s**t. I am not going to be shackled down by my government. I am not going to stand for people thought policing either.

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22 Aug 2016, 1:42 pm

TheBadguy wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

i'm a single issue voter, so that clarifies my choice each election.

My issue is more assistance and rights for adults with invisible disability, but no one seems to be talking about it or mentioning or bringing it up.

I disagree. The DNC's platform talks about that quite a bit.

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22 Aug 2016, 1:45 pm

alex wrote:

TheBadguy wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

i'm a single issue voter, so that clarifies my choice each election.

My issue is more assistance and rights for adults with invisible disability, but no one seems to be talking about it or mentioning or bringing it up.

I disagree. The DNC's platform talks about that quite a bit.

But its all empty promises, imo. And I am sure the GOP will do something to hinder progress. They'll give assistance, but there will always be an extra condition involved in it. How dare poor people be poor, how dare you be disabled.

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22 Aug 2016, 1:56 pm

auntblabby wrote:

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Also our heatlhcare is great I now pay a twenty dollar copay to see my doctor. If I want to see a specialist like a mental health twenty dollar co pay. Also I get to see my doctor in less than a week instead of months lol

YOUR healthcare may be great, you got lucky- but there are more people in America than just you who matter. you have gold-plated health insurance, that is great, but not all of us are that lucky.

Up until a couple months ago I have had crap insurance. But even what I consider insurance for a dead end entry level job I see a doctor in a week or two and pay a co pay

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22 Aug 2016, 2:10 pm

TheBadguy wrote:

alex wrote:

TheBadguy wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

i'm a single issue voter, so that clarifies my choice each election.

My issue is more assistance and rights for adults with invisible disability, but no one seems to be talking about it or mentioning or bringing it up.

I disagree. The DNC's platform talks about that quite a bit.

Since national political parties stopped financing most of the costs for state and local campaigns, allegiance to its platforms has fallen among elected officials who know that simply mouthing support is enough to pass as a Democratic partisan and keep the "D" next to their names on the ballot. Even among federal candidates, the platforms mean next to nothing. In fact, when I was a national delegate to the 1996 and 2000 Democratic National Conventions, the platform was old news just five minutes after its adoption; and, many of the delegates tossed the booklets around their seats or on the floor. Many delegates who disagreed with this or that platform plank openly described the platform booklet as "toilet paper" for all the good it would do. National party platforms are just a huge bumper sticker with slogans. Candidates are no longer obligated to support the platforms, as long as they don't publicly oppose them. That is all the effect they have.

Sorry to seem so cynical, but that happens when someone trusts their political party only to see the reality up close and personal.

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22 Aug 2016, 2:17 pm

AspieUtah wrote:

TheBadguy wrote:

alex wrote:

TheBadguy wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

i'm a single issue voter, so that clarifies my choice each election.

My issue is more assistance and rights for adults with invisible disability, but no one seems to be talking about it or mentioning or bringing it up.

I disagree. The DNC's platform talks about that quite a bit.

I'm well aware of this, its why I made the point earlier. I am not democratic nor republican. I am actually Declined to the State because I don't vote for a specific party because I don't fit any of the parties. I rather fix the problem not the blame and don't want to get into distracting arguments about whose party is better. Its ridiculous.

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22 Aug 2016, 2:19 pm

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