My Minifesto

Anyone who knows me is probably not surprised that its come to this. I have decided to write down my not very negotiable beliefs and nail them to the Internet's front door. Being adverse to anything long winded, I'll be brief:

1. Everyone residing the U.S. should have enough to eat, adequate clothing and housing, access to education, medical care and medicine. Even, gasp, illegal aliens or other ostracized groups who are not living as they *should* live. I believe that our country's worth is measured in how well we treat everyone who lives here. We could even throw in a capitalistic spin and allow people with more money to enhance the goods and services they receive by paying extra. (Did Obama already say this about health care? I try not to read or hear the news beyond the weather and fun upcoming events, so my ideas are usually fermented from things I see in vitro and my own personal feelings about what I think is fair.)

2. I'm willing to go even further! All feminine hygiene products, toilet paper, diapers, baby wipes, soap, shampoo (feel free to add more), and anything that all or half of the populace have to use at some point in their lives should be provided free or at an extremely low price to all persons residing in the United States. Why should someone have to work for three or four hours just to take advantage of the lower price per diaper of a large box of diapers? It's unjust! Again, those with more money could upgrade to Pampers Ultra or maxi-pads with "wings." Knock yourself out!

So, all who agree, lets' get on this!

Disclaimer: Though I grew up in poverty (minus hunger), now I am a white, middle-aged, middle class, educated woman who lives in a house that is too big and is sucking the life out of the earth even as I type. I have way too much stuff and seem to accumulate more every day and I'm even considering plastic surgery to lift up my eyelids so that I no longer resemble the bald eagle from The Muppet Show. I'm pretty frivolous. That said, I'm entitled to my opinion, so there.