I haven't admitted this to anyone here at DU

[YoshidaYui]

But I am fully expecting to be dead within a year to six months.

Don't get me wrong, I want to live but once Elon Musk and Trump destroy the
Federal health system, and I am no longer getting Social Security and my Federal Pension I will be homeless. I don't expect my life saving
weekly use of the Dialysis machine will be available to me, just to the rich who will have their own, if they can afford it, and it will most likely be on some scrap pile, once the TRUMP administration makes this country only for Rich people and those who
haver to live from our governments handouts ...cause we are in a wheel chair and can't do much more than lick envelopes for a living, will all die, just like those who refused a covid shot.Makes me wonder now, why I got the shot in the first place. All those who survived covid, may not have much of a future if any to look forward to.

I have no family. I am on my own, and for once I am really feeling it, the depression of what's to come because a bunch of stupid fucking people wanted a KING instead of a President.

[jls4561]

1. Goodness I hope not! You would be missed.

[unblock]

2. We are your family

[rasputin1952]

105. Spot on!

[cachukis]

3. Persist.

[applegrove]

4. Oh no. I heard yesterday Republicans want to adjust SS.

It was Republican congress critters so I was hopeful for the first time in a while. I'm so sorry you are going through all this trauma. (((HUGS)))

[Skittles]

5. stick with us

we're family

[rasputin1952]

106. Indeed!

[Trellastic]

6. Move to California while you can

There are good services here and low income housing.

[YoshidaYui]

8. i am in SAN FRANCISCO

Gavin Newsome better have dialysis set up for those of us who need it, and were hoping our government would be providing for us after we provided service for them. I am scared, and if DU is my family, there is not much anyone at DU can do other than to give emotional support for a dying member. I don't even guess there will be a hospice I can go to, if I can't afford to pay for it,

FUCK ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR THE KING OVER A PRESIDENT.

[yellow dahlia]

14. I'm hoping some smart people are going to lead the resistance,

and protect people who need protecting.

[arthritisR_US]

47. A kid shot a big teck heath guy and they set up a go fund me

BS, we should absolutely be doing the same for you !

[YoshidaYui]

48. a GO FUND ME would not be helpful at all

i will still need to pay for rent, to pay for food, to pay for transportation to dialysis and a place to go for dialysis. If there isn't one than a Hospice will have to do, place to die in diginity other then besides the road in a ditch.

[arthritisR_US]

50. Dear, FFS then we really need a massive fund raiser online.

This is not right. Anyway you can come to Canada and we could shelter you and get you our medical care?

[YoshidaYui]

51. i have NO way to travel and if I did becoming a Candian citizen

would be a dream, but Canada may not want an immigrant who they will have to bury within two weeks.

[arthritisR_US]

59. So we get you the plane ticket and then after Christmas we

start the process of getting you statice here?

[Disaffected]

109. For heaven's sake, how are you

actually going to accomplish that?? This IMO is simply holding out false hope to someone in a very tough situation.

A foreigner cannot "come to Canada" and be immediately eligible for medical care unless they are granted refugee status and I don't see how that would be possible for an American citizen. How would you do it?

[MadameButterfly]

60. Lets not put the nails on the coffin of SS just yet

and even for your Federal pension. Lot's of Congresspeople planning to retire on pensions.
Medicare won't go down without a fight.

i just signed up for SS and Medicare and I'm scared to, but also hopeful.

We can't go-fund-me everyone in this situation. Tens of millions. We have to stop it from happening.

[Rebl2]

71. A lot

of maga people depending on their SS and Medicare. I don’t think they would like that too much.

[cannabis_flower]

101. I don't think

They will yank it from people who already have it. I would worry about people who don’t have SS yet.

[kimbutgar]

72. I live in SF and if you private message me I can take you to an appointment sometimes

[Kali999]

97. My guy is on dialysis

Its federally funded law for people to access it. It's a mega business that makes millions. And social security is too important to the economy to cancel it. Please don't give up in advance. You should have a social worker at dialysis try to see them. Russ gets a ride to and from dialysis by a local program in Maine.

[morillon]

7. There are a lot more of us than them

...and in that "us" I include the slumbering masses who I believe will wake up right quick if their idol fucks them or their Memaw over. The cracks are already starting to show.

It's going to be a bumpy ride, but I'm damned if I'll sit by and let them endanger people like that.

[Magoo48]

84. Me either. Most families have someone dependent of SS and Medicare.

But, will they be inconvenienced, will they sacrifice some time and effort in support of their elder family members? Let’s hope so.
I live in a retirement community of 18,000. With or without them, I will raise a big fucking ruckus for as long as possible. Fuck President Musk and his orange lap dog.

[calimary]

98. Sounds like something Indivisible could get behind.

Making a note. I’m always looking for good ideas to write up an ask about. We crank back up in January.

[Bluethroughu]

9. We are citizens but I expect the bloody mass deportations

To come to my front door, and we will die.

It's not great thoughts right now, but we are still here and we will go out fighting. Whatever we can to sabotage this administration should be done.

I still don't understand why the orange anus is allowed to take office, he's an adjudicated insurrectionist CO Supreme Court removed him from the ballot, the SCOTUS allowed him back on, but THEY DID NOT SAY HE COULD TAKE OFFICE.

Elunatic should have his assets seized and removed from government contracts for his immigration fraud, be investigated for espionage, and in jail now for breaking election law, the Logan Act, and drugs.

Without equal justice, we will not survive.

[yellow dahlia]

16. All good points.

[Bluethroughu]

44. I called my Senators to ask them to take up an Amnesty vote,

To remove the disabilty, insurrection, from the insurrectionist. If he does not get 2/3 of Congress to vote for him and remove the disability, then he can not legally take office.
Vance can not take his spot, because he is not VP until 1/20, so time to hold another election. Biden can stay in office, he's only been President one term, or pass the touch to Harris! They are still running the country, while the clown show tries to ruin our country overnight for putin.

[yellow dahlia]

69. Wow!

Now this is the kind of thing I have been wondering about.

I want to learn more....will look it up.

Thanks!

[MadameButterfly]

61. The pentagon is investigating Elon

i suppose he, like Trump, will evade justice, cancel the people doing the invgestigating...
On the other hand, the Pentagon has some power and Elon has no official office. If I was a conservative military guy high up in the Pentagon and someone told me I had to let a loose cannon unelected spy assume power to do anything he wants, I'd be saying hell no.

[Bluethroughu]

63. I hope they understand, Putin said on his national TV,

Now trump needs to pay up.

Crashing our economy...

All these traitors in the US pushing Russia propaganda and being paid should be arrested already.

[DENVERPOPS]

78. RepubliCONs and Trump

have already stated that they plan to eliminate any military officers that have said anything derogatory about him or fail to acknowledge his orders as Commander In Chief, of the entire U.S. Military and National Guards across the nation......

Scary times, folks.....

[Evolve Dammit]

80. Agreed.

[snot]

10. I don't think they're going to be able to do all that within a year.

But I agree that such efforts need to be stopped.

[Blue_Tires]

11. Is there anything we can do to help?

(and I'm not just asking this to be cordial... I'm serious)

I also give myself a 50-50 chance on surviving the next four years (if not longer) of King Donnie... The difference is my demise will likely be violent 😐

[YoshidaYui]

15. I thank you but I can't think of a thing that can be done

I was hoping to at least a have a few more good years on this planet but maybe dying is the best thing to prolonged suffering.

[Dan]

12. First - this

I WANT YOU TO LIVE!!!

I’ve enjoyed your post for years.

Second - due to the inherent incompetent of Trump (verified by his history) while I do feel moments of stress - I feel that Trump and party will implode. Trump’s administration will overreach (especially with Musk and the other idiot running things) and there will be significant blowback. Plus, keep in mind that there are millions of people on SS/Medicare. While a number of “Christian” voters supported Trump, there are a lot more non-Christian and sane people that are on SS/Medicare that didn’t support a Musk administration.

I was recently talking to my neighbor who voted for Trump (didn’t tell me before) in 2016, and didn’t vote for him this time, who is mad as hell over the Musk (Trump) administration and their plans. He even brought up the idea of a Civil War (he’s in the reserves) if things continue along the path that the Rich Class envisions for us non-rich. The resistance is building even before the Trump-Musk administration is empowered legally.

So, LIVE my friend, we will survive this - LIVE to see America find itself.

Take care.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

13. Social Security is not going to go away.

Nor will your federal pension.

I am so tired of people here absolutely convinced that all good things will come to an end next month.

[anciano]

17. Exactly.

Thank you.

[madamesilverspurs]

32. I am so tired of people here absolutely convinced that all good things will come to an end next month...

because their life experience compels that perspective. Their circumstances are not mine, I'm not entitled to judge them. That anyone in this country should have reason to lose hope is a very real horror that we ignore or dismiss at our peril, especially given that those in control of "governing" have no compunction about placing profit over people. A hand extended in compassion costs us nothing, while a hand waving off in indifference costs us pieces of our own humanity.

.

[yorkster]

55. Well said and spot on.

[happy feet]

74. +1,000,000

[Kablooie]

100. Whenever they talk of cutting SS it never includes the people currently on it.

It's always the upcoming generations that will not receive the same level of support.
So your current income should continue for the rest of your life.

[ancianita]

102. Exactly. Social Security will live on.

[mzmolly]

18. You are not alone.

And please don't anticipate the worst. We still have ways to fight the bastards and we will.

Even if you need to move to a safe/Dem state. Minnesota had MNCare before the ACA.

We got you!

[YoshidaYui]

22. i am in California and if I am worried about surving

its only because I have seen friends die, once they stopped dialysis. Gone within a week, I am a Buddhist and believe in reincarnation so whether on this planet or another, I suspect I will be going on to something better hopefully.

[mzmolly]

34. I can't imagine having to worry about losing dialysis.

I'm so sorry. My husband is a T1 diabetic, and while he's not on dialysis he's worried abou losing his access to healh care/insulin etc.

[pazzyanne]

40. Living in Minnesota is the only reason I am not in full panic mode!

I need two very expensive infusions to keep me in remission for a rare autoimmune disease. There are a lot of people like us in that boat, YoshidaYui. we are not alone! Have faith!

[ShazzieB]

87. I feel the same way about living in Illinois.

But what really keeps me going is knowing that like eliminating major federal programs takes time. My husband and I are dependent on SS and Medicare, and we'd be doomed if they were eliminated. However, things like that aren't going to happen overnight, so I'm trying not to think too far ahead.

I'll tell you one thing, though: I'll off myself before I'll sleep in a cardboard box on the street. I wouldn't last long that way anyway, so I see no reason why I should put myself through that.

[anciano]

19. Nobody is guaranteed tomorrow.

[Old Crow]

20. My immediate response to this post, Yui, was a very loud "WHAT?!"

I hope with every fiber of my being the scenario you're fearing doesn't come to pass. Please maintain some hope; it's too important not to. Elderly politicians die of natural causes or become infirm; defeated political causes often rebound with force; doors sometimes open when there seems no path forward.

Keep us all posted and know that there are many people who you've never met in person who care about your well-being very much. If you ever feel a need to drop a line to a virtual Dad or virtual Uncle, you know how to reach me and I'm a good listener.

[Gore1FL]

21. You fight monsters.

You'll be OK.

Seriously; have a little faith.

You can fight monsters in real llife, too.

[YoshidaYui]

23. i DO own a samurai sword...

but its hard to wield it from a wheel chair....

[Gore1FL]

27. I wouldn't want to face you in combat! nt

[Gore1FL]

29. But I got your back! nt

[YoshidaYui]

31. I guess I should thank my father for 15 years of Kendo as kid

I just wish I had kept up with it,..

[LoisB]

24. We are your family and together we will get through the Musk/IT years.

[struggle4progress]

25. Get up! Stand up!

... now we see the light, we gonna to stand up for our rights ...

[Meowmee]

26. I am hoping none of this will happen

Sending you hugs🤗 I hope that even people that voted for this will not stand for what you described. Start inquiring what programs are available and what can be done to help you if this happens. Some people do the dialysis in their home. One of my father’s friends did that I think until he finally got a transplant. Are you on a transplant list?

* edited because my dictation messed up the last part badly sorry about that.

[OAITW r.2.0]

28. If you need a place to live on the East Coast, I can help.

[Jarqui]

30. To even put you through this worry is beyond words

It is SO WRONG!!

You can see from this thread that there are people who care.

Try to hang in while we figure this crap out

[YoshidaYui]

35. Maybe if Gavin Newsomb had some kind of program

for those who no longer receive funds from the US GOVERNERMENT to survive can make up for the differnce but than again, that would take a whole process longer than a week, and if I am no longer reciving Dialysis, I will probably be dead within two weeks..

[Jarqui]

37. I do not know enough about this stuff but here's some links

https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/individuals/Documents/ESRD-Medicare-Eligibility-Factsheet.pdf

https://www.kidneyfund.org/resource/insurance-and-costs-dialysis#:~:text=There%20are%20programs%20to%20help,worker%20about%20financial%20help%20programs.

https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/individuals/Pages/ESRD-and-Medicare.aspx

https://www.kidneyfund.org/living-kidney-disease/kidney-patients-rights

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/kidney-failure/financial-help-treatment

You probably know a bunch of that stuff.
Maybe talking to these people can give you some ideas.

Maybe calling politicians offices for help.
Get some media coverage to embarrass the bastards doing this to you.

Short term, if the worst happened, could you go to emergency.
Didn't they take the Hippocratic Oath?

This is making my head spin.
I can't imagine what it is doing to you.
I'm so sorry.
Wish I'd been able to come up with a better response.
I'm thinking ...

[airplaneman]

33. YoshidaYui We will fight with you and Newsom is on our side also. Your not in this alone. N/T

[Sympthsical]

36. We'll get you situated if the worst comes to pass.

Bay Area here as well. Social services background with all of the medical connections.

You're not alone.

[YoshidaYui]

38. You might need to suggest a Hospice

if my Dialysis program run by the US Government is shut down, its the only place left to go.

[madamesilverspurs]

39. I feel your apprehension

having dealt with faceless indifferent bureaucrats for the last fifty years or so. There's really nothing quite like trying to explain that having to crawl because standing to walk isn't possible, only to be answered with "Don't any of your friends have a car you could ride in?" (That was a real conversation with a social services worker who insisted I needed to come in to fill out some papers.) There were many days when I just laid on the floor and cried.

Over the years there have been so many episodes of sparring with one office or another; and it doesn't help that we no longer have case workers, we have technicians -- and doesn't that speak volumes about how we are regarded.

I just spent the last two months in a bit of panic because one of the county nitwits decided that I really am not entitled to the status that was conferred by Social Security Disability more than thirty years ago; and that decision had a wide cascading effect across a number of benefit structures. The county had managed to lose my recertification documents (something for which this county is notorious) and it was up to me to fix it. I finally reached someone who agreed to send another packet for me to complete and resubmit; and I sent it via registered mail so that I some proof that they had received it. I've received nothing from the county, but a letter from Social Security confirmed that the error had been corrected and I would be immediately reimbursed. As my mother used to sigh, "Ye gods!"

Anyway, like you, I see no reason to credit the incoming administration with any humane inclination, they will be who they are. All this wordiness is just to let you know that someone in Colorado is thinking of you. And I very much wish I could do more.

[electric_blue68]

57. Good graciousness, how scary was that! Thank goodness you found soneone helpful in time!

[byronius]

41. I feel your apprehension too.

But I wish you well. You’re one of my favorite posters.

It’s not over yet.

[Betty Boom]

42. Why don't you think you'll have your federal pension and Social Security anymore?

I don’t understand. What makes you think those are going to go away?

[YoshidaYui]

46. two names.....

Donald Trump, Elon Musk.....

[Betty Boom]

75. I'm a federal retiree

And I have zero fear that my government pension is going to disappear. I’m also not afraid that Social Security will disappear.

I despise Trump, And there are many things I fear about what is to come. But that’s not one of them

[BigmanPigman]

43. You joined a common club.

I am a long time member of that club and in the Christmas cards I just sent out I let my friends know that I will lose my ACA with subsidies and my health insurance is toast and 2025 will likely be my last one. I am a realist and saved every cent I made. The stress has made me drop to 84 pounds and I don't even watch the news anymore. My primary care doctor (a democrat who speaks freely with me) couldn't assure me that my fears were nonsense. In fact, he agreed with the info I told him.

On the bright side, I'll get to play with my two deceased doggies and that makes me very happy. Also, I can fit into all of my clothes from back in high school and they look stylish again.

[IbogaProject]

45. I'm stressed too

You're an important member of this community, keep posting. I'm insulin dependent, aka type 1 diabetic. I'm messed up when my insulin runs out after 24 hours or less and can't survive much longer than you without that medicine. As part of being buddist, we've already gotten lots of extra time from our treatments to worry about this excessively is a type of attachment. That dialisis center is in your city, your state will take it over immediately. The risk isn't as much Febuary, it will be one or more major disasters, we are about to go into a verious serious time with our sun. All the geopolitical chaos is another risk. Pandemics will be an issue too with his clowns. And our climate is tottering on instability where either an ice age could set in rapidly (12 years or less) or our warming could go runaway upto even as catrostropic as our oceans begin a long sort of boiling off and we loose most of our water. Just make sure you have your medicine and herb if you use it and try and enjoy however long you can.

For a hopeful track remember there are businesses that depend on your dialisis clinic, our wealthy might be insifferent about exactly how much money you get but they surely don't want millions dieing all in a short timeframe. Don't forget the serenity prayer only focus on what you can change.

Pema Chödrön, in her The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World describes it as a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs and the tigers are getting closer and closer. When she comes to the edge of a cliff, she sees some vines there. She climbs down and holds on to the vines. Looking down, she sees that there are tigers below her as well. She then notices that a mouse is gnawing away at the vine to which she is clinging. She also sees a beautiful little bunch of strawberries close to her, growing out of a clump of grass, so she looks up and she looks down. She looks at the mouse. Then she just takes a strawberry, puts it in her mouth, and enjoys it thoroughly.

What Does this Parable Represent?
The tiger above may represent our past, our traumas and difficulties that, if not worked on and brought awareness about, canthreaten to ruin our lives with worry, fear, anxiety and even shame.

The tigers below may symbolize our future, and the constant speculations about the challenges we may face. As human beings, this is actually the predicament we all face: our death.

The story highlights our tendency to focus on the tigers of our lives. And most of us disregard the strawberries that are around in every moment.

https://embracemindfulness.org/2023/01/18/the-tigers-the-strawberry/

[multigraincracker]

49. I understand what you are saying.

I’m at my at my do not use date. I have only one reason to live now and that’s my partner. My only goal is to live one day longer than her.
My view is death is final. That your hard drive is wiped clean. It may or may not have a new language installed. Taoism is the closest philosophy I can follow.
You will be missed by this family.

[elleng]

52. HECK NO, WE're here!!!

[Journeyman]

53. I ask you to keep in mind what Mark Twain said about worry . . .

“I am an old man,” Twain wrote in his declining years, “and have known many troubles, most of which never happened.”

In other words, keep yourself grounded in what is happening today. Horrible as it sounds at the moment, we're not certain how it will play out in the future. Undoubtedly, it won't be good, but don't let it be worse in your imagination than it already is. This is a variant of obeying in advance.

We don't know how this will all work out. Why, just today we saw 38 Republicans vote against what Mango Mussolini ordered them to support. Nothing about the incoming administration is set in stone, least of all our future.

So keep yourself focused on what is and don't let your imagination prey on what may be. For as the Nazarene succinctly phrased it, “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

[Jit423]

54. No, they did want a King. They just didn't want a black/Asian female President. nt

[Keepthesoulalive]

56. The Gojira worshippers of America need you

Don’t give up.

[electric_blue68]

58. How terrifying is that! I sure hope you, and other vunerable groups are going to somehow make it through the drumphf,..

Musk, Repuglican majorities years!
And I pray we somehow take back The House in 2026.


I have my own worries anout being homeless if my Gov't entitlements are cut. I tend to catastrophe, but this worry certainly is not out of thin air.

However I'm going to enjoy The Holidays as much as I can! Workng on new decorations.
Be more frazzled after J20.

Wishing you well!

[Passages]

62. Life should not be this hard for anyone.

I am sorry it is for you. America's decline is tragic.

[Clouds Passing]

64. Many of us are in the same place YoshidaYui. We are scared. We feel betrayed. I am so sorry for you and all of us.

[a kennedy]

65. No, no, no,......damn YoshidaYui, it's not gonna happen......

I just can’t believe good and honest Americans will let that happen. It just can’t happen. It just can’t.

[whathehell]

95. I agree -- Do not give up in advance!

I'm on SS & Medicare and I really do not believe they will be able to get through congress on that. There's a reason it's known as the "Third Rail"

[LiberalArkie]

66. I expect the US to become like Thailand.

Where 200 people own 90% of the nations wealth and the rest of the population fights for that 10%. But Thailand has a big public health system.

[OldBaldy1701E]

67. We are almost there.

To my knowledge, the number these days is something like 481 people controlling 90% of the wealth in the U.S.. (I am looking for the article that said this. It has been a minute.) The fact that our society is even that unbalanced should have everyone calling for the current socioeconomic system (unfettered capitalism to the exclusion of anything else) to be banned from practice forever shows me what I need to know about the 'average American'. (Namely that Dunning Kruger is more than a theory/syndrome.)

I am with you. I don't see myself lasting much longer either. Whether it comes from my health finally doing me in, or the jackboots when they come for me because I am LGBTQA+ and would fit in with their 'undesirable' schtick. Of course, it won't be the feds that come for me... it will be that orange gibbon's private army of sycophantic idiots. All this means my days are numbered. I will start losing my meds once the system collapses and then it will be agony without aid or pity. All while the rich sit on their bloody thrones and complain because they can't exploit the nation enough.


幸運を祈ります、友よ

Kōun o inorimasu, tomoyo.

Good Luck, my friend.

[LiberalArkie]

68. Except the Thai people are used to it and have a national health

Care plan.

[North Coast Lawyer]

70. Get to a Blue State

Get to a Blue State before its too late. Blue States like New York, California, Massachusetts, ... will protect their citizens at least somewhat.

[nmmi]

86. She is in San Francisco, CA, per a post of hers (#8) upthread /nt

[PennRalphie]

73. I am so sorry

You are so distressed. There are so many Americans suffering from failing kidneys. Please contact your Democratic congresspeople, your Democratic Senators. Perhaps they can assure you they will never permit any of this to happen.

I have total faith in our Democratic politicians. They will fight to the end to make sure nothing like this happens.

Please take care of yourself.

[Joinfortmill]

76. I hear you, really. I do.

This situation we're in could go south very quickly. But, maybe it won't. Maybe just enough people will do the right thing to prevent the worse scenario. And, maybe Trump & his band of dunces will fail in their efforts. Maybe, just maybe.
The only day we have is today. The only moment we have is now. Try to be good to yourself. I've begun to limit the news I watch and do more of what I enjoy. Take care.

[DENVERPOPS]

77. Sorry to hear that Yosh

It's the RepubliCON MANTRA: IF YOU GET SICK, DIE.............YOU ARE JUST BREATHING OUR OXYGEN.........

For proof, just look what Trump and the RepubliCON Party did during the Pandemic...............

[rampartd]

79. exactly the same, yoshia

i'm a cancer patient with a little federal pension and even less social security. my little savings wont be long i'll be living under a tarp near the interstate.

have no idea what to do or who will hire an old man with a fw age related ailments

a year sounds possible, they may have to work their goons up a bit before pulling the rug from as well. hell, maybe the goons will turn on them.

[Prairie_Seagull]

81. Yui, if what you elude to comes to pass,

and I don't think it will. It will take a long time of nibbling around the edges first, which should not effect us, for a long while. Imo

The force is strong in your DU family.

[peacebuzzard]

82. I am so sorry YoshidaYui

I hope everyday his agenda has the resistance to kill all his insane ideas.

[bronxiteforever]

83. I am sorry!

YoshidaYui You are one of my favorite posters to read. You are precious and worthy.

[Wild blueberry]

85. I hear you YoshidaYui

It took me a while to respond to your post. Fear and despair are with us these days.
You are not alone.
We at DU are one of your communities. We love you.
However long you live--and that's unknown--you are wonderful, fearless, and doing your best.
You are not alone.
Your post is reaching out and asking for help. Your soul force is radiant. Please look for what nourished your spirit.
Keep us posted

[GiqueCee]

88. Anything we can do to help...

... I'm in. I'm not rich by any stretch of the imagination, but I'll do what I can.

[Upthevibe]

89. YoshidaYui................

PLEASE let's see what happens. ....

My only income is Social Security as well. I think if they F with that (even though I realize we are all so fearful that they will) they'll have such an outrage the likes of which they've never seen or can even imagine.

Please, please, please try to hang in there until we see which way this is going to go....

Love and peace to you...

[spanone]

90. K&R

♥️

[SpankMe]

91. I've had similar thoughts

My timeline is more like 2 years. The basis of it is: RFK, Jr. He has stated that he wants to eliminate infectious disease research. And if a new, high mortality rate virus emerged that erupted into a pandemic, the USG response under RFK, Jr. would be inadequate enough to cause the deaths of millions.

[3auld6phart]

92. That

Is terrible, can only hope things work out for you. Kind of wish Biden would resign an d lett Hharris be President for the remaining days. Just to throw those as shoe republicans into a conniption especially that orange lump of shit. Hopefully that would drive trump off the deep end. Biden is a good man but he should let Harris finish up his reign, just to make drumpfh stew in and go off the deep end.

[GeoWilliam750]

93. How did you get to need dialysis?

[Southern_gent]

94. Wow, this sounds really intense,

Wow, this sounds really intense, and I can tell you’re feeling a lot of fear and frustration right now. But honestly, this seems pretty over the top. The idea that everything—Social Security, federal pensions, dialysis access—is going to vanish because of Musk or Trump is a huge leap. These systems are way too big and deeply ingrained to just disappear like that, even with political changes.

I get it, though—when you’re feeling isolated and uncertain, it’s easy to start imagining worst-case scenarios. But I think most people, regardless of who they support politically, wouldn’t stand by and let the country collapse into a “rich-only” society. A lot of what you’re worried about just doesn’t line up with how things actually work, even during tough times.

It sounds like you’re going through a lot right now, and it’s okay to feel overwhelmed. But maybe instead of focusing on all these “what ifs,” it could help to talk to someone or focus on small ways to take care of yourself. You don’t have to face all of this alone.

[Callie1979]

96. IMO, they wont be able to accomplish much of what they promised.

Once people start screaming in the ears of House members.

[Kali999]

99. Please

don't despair. Dialysis is going nowhere. Talk to the social worker at center about getting a ride. Dialysis is brutal i know but it beats the alternative. Home dialysis is likely a nightmare unless you have lots of storage and want to do the paperwork for them. Best wishes to you. Can you get meals on wheels ? Talk to the person here who offered to help.

[HereForTheParty]

103. Friend, you are a victim of fear mongering

We saw with the CR bill Trump will be defied by his own party. I have no doubt there will be efforts to damage the programs you mention, but thinking they will all be repealed is just over the top,

[Heftylefty]

104. So many of us are in the same boat.

My sole source of income is Social Security (my retirement savings were wiped out in the Great Recession). I'm in subsidized housing, and depend on Medicare/Medicaid to treat my chronic health conditions and work-related disabilities. I don't walk well, and use a wheelchair. I have difficulty speaking and using my hands. If I lose any of my assistance, my income, housing or medical care, I will be on the street and dead within a week. The US government made a contract with us when they started taking part of every dollar we ever earned, that we would be supported when we retired or became unable to work. It's supposed to be a government of the people, by the people and for the people, not a government of the elite, by the privileged and for the wealthy.

[0rganism]

107. I propose all of us chronically/terminally ill people go to the appropriate place to pass on: the steps of the capitol

If/when I can no longer afford the overpriced medicine which slows the progression of MS and my SSDI benefits disappear into the pockets of billionaires, I will go to DC and spend my last days in mourning on the steps of a public building my tax contributions helped to fund. When I cross over, they can pry my twitching corpse off the sidewalk with a spatula, and dispose of it however they please. I feel certain they'll have enough burn pits and mass graves operating by then to easily handle the burden.

[rasputin1952]

108. Going through this thread...

after being on a very long hiatus, reminded me of why I came to DU so many years ago.

It is the family aspect of DU, and it is beautiful.

As an Old Time Moderator, I saw the best and the worst in people, while I enjoyed nuking trolls, there was never anything better than seeing the humanity and integrity of DU'ers. I've come home, popped my head in and sure enough, the Family is still here.

There are a lot of new posters and some of those I recognize from the old days. Just as I remember, when people are down, we don't look past them, we help them up, we never step over them, we tend to them. Through the darkest hours, we bring candles, many of them. We are a part of humanity, when humanity appears to be going over a cliff, that anchors them before those last final steps. Where others find fault, DU'ers fight injustice, see the future as being better and we stand tall during adversity.

I post on many platforms, have a radio show, I was at Occupy Boston freezing my ass off, I challenged authority and won. DU was instrumental throughout this process. It empowered me to be my best, and it has done the same for you.

Most people would not come forward as you have. This shows me a trust in DU that is well earned.

My circumstances have changed over the years as well. I lost my best friend, whom I met as a DU Moderator. I lost my brother, also a DU Moderator. I have never lost faith in my fellow citizens, even with the nightmare we may face. Compassion isn't a given, it is a virtue. Empathy is not a weakness, it is a strength.

Do not fear the future. There will be no cut to your benefits. Your strength is within you, I can see it, I can feel it. I can see strength throughout the DU Community, and it is headed your way.

I have returned to Nebraska, after twelve-plus years in Boston. I may be destitute in some of the amenities life offers, and my bones creak in the cold, but I am with my son, grandson, and my family at DU. It doesn't get any better than this.

[Hekate]

110. Peace to you, Yui. Peace to your heart, your soul, your body. You are in many people's thoughts this season ❤️

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