Back in 2008, Candidate Barack Obama, invited average American Citizens, to provide their thoughts, on what should be INCLUDED in the ‘New’ Democratic Platform for Change.
Here is one such reply, that made it to the ‘final draft’:
Citizen Statement – (pg 10)
“I worked for a manufacturer for over fifteen years. My wages stayed the same for six years as I found myself paying more and more for health care. Co-pays went up, deductibles went up.
In late 2006, the company sent my production job to Mexico and China and I was laid off. I could not afford COBRA premiums. I am two years away from Medicare and unemployed and on the ‘faith based’ health care system — meaning I just pray I don’t get sick.
Oh yeah, and I’m a cancer survivor and I haven’t done the yearly checkup in 3 years.”
— Listening to America – National Hearing
Renewing America’s Promise — The 2008 Democratic National Platform
Such is the America Dream as of 2008.