California Democrats toss poor, elderly, disabled, and working class overboard

Published July 26, 2009 Human Rights , Life , Medicare , News , Politics , Racism , Single-Payer Healthcare , Social Security , Workers' Rights , health , history 2 Comments
Tags: budget, budget cuts, budget deal, California, CalWORKS, corporate tax breaks, Darrell Steinberg, Democrats, disabled, Elderly, fascism, Healthcare, Healthy Families, hunger, IHSS, Karen Bass, Medi-Cal, Medicare, poverty, Schwarzenegger, SSI/SSP, working class

“This is absolutely parallel to the fascism of Europe during the 1930s, in it’s broad attack on the elderly, disabled and poor, who are being scapegoated just as the Jews of Europe were in the 30s. They are turning citizens into aliens, and are trying to turn the elderly and disabled into criminals. I can bear witness to the damage being done to people in my generation, by the horrific effects of the budget cuts taking place,” said Walden, “and I further believe that we have become living targets of a fascist state. As witness to recent events, I am convinced that we are on the road to fascism.”

Indybay Media, July 25, 2009

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Lydia Gans of Food Not Bombs said, “We already are seeing a huge increase in the homeless and hungry, due to the effects of a bad economy during our feeding times at People’s Park. The non profits who usually help out are losing funding and donations, and this latest round of budget cutting proposals will increase the level of homelessness and hunger all across the state. What should be happening, is that everyone affected by the budget cuts should be in the streets of Sacramento and cities across the state to protest against the inhumanity and catastrophic effects that are taking place in everyday peoples lives.”

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