The Sad State of the Union

By picking Paul Ryan as their VP candidate, the Republican party effectively has told me that the disabled, like myself, are not welcome in the United States. They only see the elites and their upward mobility. What about the downtrodden and our survival? Food stamps aren't only for the "welfare queens" of the popular imagination; most people on disability cannot afford adequate meals without them. I'm tired of going without in the name of Wall Street. I live below the poverty level, and very likely will never live above it. As my father said, if Paul Ryan thinks his cuts are such a good idea, why doesn't he try living on social security? I am destitute through no fault of my own. I refuse to be ashamed of how I was born. "All men are created equal" is a popular slogan, but our country will never live up to that until we stop judging each other, and worrying that someone else is getting "special treatment" that they don't "deserve."