The opposite of politics

I am a middle aged white guy too. I spent the last 25 years working my butt off. I paid into the system. I was taxed for all 25 of those years, and gave it willingly. I got in a car accident 2 years ago that caused nerve damage that gave me seizures at night if I don’t take 2 medications. I am in pain for most of the 18 hours that I am awake. I got laid off 1 year after my car accident, even though I called out sick LESS often than most of my co-workers. I now have no insurance and would LOVE a job. I have sent resumes and had over a dozen interviews and 2 dozen phone interviews. I am already at a disadvantage because of my age and my voice has a permanent quiver that disqualifies me for phone support positions, which I have done the last 7 years.

I have applied at computer jobs and at McJobs that would pay me less than my unemployment checks. My full time job is looking for full time work. I was the 53%, and now I wonder if I can make it through another day. I REFUSE to claim disability, even though my physical ailments would qualify me. I REFUSE to take food stamps or Welfare, though my income qualifies me. I only take unemployment because I PAID unemployment insurance for 25 years.

I take responsibility for myself. What I do NOT understand is how the folks at Wall Street AND the members of BOTH parties of the government can NOT take responsibility for what THEY did to create the financial mess that started in 2007. And when you dismiss the complaints of people who, like you, want people to take responsibility for their actions, you dismiss them as complainers who want something for nothing. We are people who want something for SOMETHING. We want our hard work to pay off. I want the American Dream! Up until I was laid off, I had a LOT of hard work, good mentoring, good hardworking parents who are still working into their 70s, the love a good woman, and, until recently, good luck. I spit on your handouts. How about a job? and barring that, how about some accountability from the Wall Street firms that took hundreds of billions of dollars in HANDOUTS from the US government after setting off a worldwide recession which doubled our unemployment rate?

Do you think its OK that, according to the CBO report on inequality, the top 1% has seen their share of ALL the wealth in the country go from 25% to 35% in the last 35 years? That means the entire rest of the 99% of all people in this country went from owning 75% to owning 65% of this country?