My Friends Tonight I am inspired to write this blog ! I spent an Hour on Twitter reading amazing Tweets by the #FightFor$15 movement ! And They are amazing ! They want what I want with #ExpandMedicaidNow  1 Word #Dignity !

They deserve dignity as the Rents and Food Prices  keep rising and the wages they make are stagnant ! Read Some of the memes like this o

Really you have a whole generation of Americans living on $2 A Day Yes $2 A Day !  And it is disgusting ! Rent goes up in Miami and  Ft Lauderdale Fl Average rent is $1,500 a month for a 1 Bedroom Apt ! Do the Math many workers can’t afford it ! Many elderly and disabled can’t afford It ! And Fight just to have a place to live !

I would be homeless without my dad and even if I could work I still may be ! This just isn’t right to work hard and go nowhere !

But many are realizing that they are tired of going nowhere !  And like I did after having no Healthcare are doing something about it ! They are out in front of their restaurants and stores fighting to change the system ! A system rigged against them ! Through no fault of their own !
Rigged by Greed ! We didn’t learn from The Great Depression ! We had a wake up call with The Great Recession of 2008 ! But still many just don’t get it ! Like This meme here illusrates
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This is why they #FightFor$15  they and many others are HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE !  And it isn’t pretty waiting finacially for the other shoe to drop ! Facing hunger and homelessness as prices increase to satisfy the GREED OF A FEW ! That is why they #FightFor$15 to get bsck the chance at the American Dream That they deserve ! The rules are WORK HARD BE REWARDED ! Not Work Hard Get Rolled by A Greedy Company ! That isn’t right and it isn’t American !

So I ask All who see them outside picketing talk to them SEE THEIR REALITY ! Help Them have dignity ! Help them out support this cause ! I remember my Mom as a fast food worker getting a dime raise and it was hard to get ! Now its RAISE YOU OUT THE DOOR ! When those who work hard play by the rules deserve BETTER FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMIIES ! Give the #FightFor$15 Their #Dignity and #RaiseTheWage !

Thank You God Bless

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RaiseTheWage Facebook
Middle Memes : @FightFor$15 Movements on Twitter

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My Friends today I went grocery shopping with my dad ! We do this at least once a week ! But lately it is getting harder for us and many ! I depend on my dad for income ! I am disabled waiting on SSI . He is elderly and disabled and I take care of him !  I get Food Stamps ! The maximum allowed for a single person with no dependents. But it seems like we both can’t get through the month with enough food ! And I know We are NOT ALONE !

Many who are able to work for a living are struggling ! They have kids some are single ! But it doesn’t matter they live day to day in peril ! When they do not have to. They have choices to make many wouldn’t want to like to pay the Car Payment or Rent ? Or to not have health insurance ! Because they can’t.afford it !  Some of these are the very people I fight to #ExpandMedicaidNow For ! Healthcare is a luxury to many of them ! They face high rents high utilaties and get LOW WAGES IN RETURN  ! Many have to live together sometimes families combined or sleep on a friends couch ! Just to have a place to live ! Many disabled elderly and working people pay 2/3 of income for RENT and Utilaties ! Not Counting Food !

And its not just workers  many elderly and disabled are struggling with surviving too ! The price of Food continues to rise ! And some of the packages get smaller ! As the prices go UP ! UP ! UP ! Making a FEW THAT ARE RICHER and those who worked and are Working Hard POORER ! Many go to bed hungry or cut back so their kids can eat ! We face a real Hunger Problem soon if prices do not stabllize ! Bad enough you work hard for little struggle for a car and place to live ! But now We Fight to eat ! And in The United States of America This is JUST NOT RIGHT ! ?……We are better than that ! Too many come home with little food for their hard work !

This Is ridiculous to do this to people ! The picture above tells the story ! Many working hard to serve you a burger ,bag your Food, Stock A Shelf, Run a Register for You and I ! They do so  anonymously without notice ! While #DonaldTrump flies obnoxiously over them in his Helicopter ! Taking attention away from those who need it ! Yet they come home with little food ! Why because of cost ! Years ago you could spend say $200,00 on Food per month ! That is $50.00 per week ! And actually have extra ! Now you can’t ! That is why I posted the above picture of The EMPTY BASKET ! It is near Reality in Our Nation !  Many Seniors and Disabled struggle on Social Security and they make the same choices as those working do ! And this isn’t right ! Some on Food Stamps only get $20.00 per month ! Tell me how can you eat for a month on that !

I have been Hungry and its no Fun ! 22 yrs ago as a College Student all I had was rice or pasta twice a day ! It was NO FUN ! I never Forgot It and Promised myself No One I knew would ever go hungry if I could help them ! But We can help them by raising Social Security payments or Food Stamps for the elderly and disabled ! All of whom worked hard paid their fair share and deserve better ! May working deserve better too for themselves and their kids ! Raising the Wage to $15.00 Is More than fair ! It will uplift out of poverty and decrease dependence on Food Stamps too ! So its a WIN WIN FOR ALL !  So I support the #FightFor15  and We must #RaiseTheWage !

So We Face a choice Keep it the same America send your neighbors friends church members home with EMPTY BASJETS HUNGRY AND HOPELESS ! Or help do the right thing and #FightFor15 and #RaiseTheWage  ! The EMPTY BASKET BOTHERS ME ….AND THE POTOENTIAL  OF ALL WHO FACE IT !  Does It Bother You America

We At #ExpandMedicaidNow Proudly Support The #FightFor15 and #RaiseTheWage !
Thank You All God Bless

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Middle Meme with Shopping Cart Furnished by Pat Taylor Fuller
Bottom Meme : #FightFor15 Boston : Green Fight For 15 Logo by Raise The Wage  Facebook

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My Friends I think it is disgusting that 19 States Refuse to #ExpandMedicaidNow ! The above picture shows the parties responsible for this ! They are the faces of the Governors who will not #ExpandMedicaidNow !

My Governor Rick Scott (R) Fl is one of them ! As are  Presidential candidates Gov Bobby Jindall (R) of LA. And Gov. Scott Walker (R) Wi.  I ask this question how can you be a leader if you won’t help your citizens ?

You see Governors and State Legislature members ….When you won your elections You Took An Oath of Offfice ! Part of an Oath of Office is to Protect Your Citizens ! Be it Federal State or At The Local Level ! How is Denying Healthcare to people who just work hard and are poor protecting them ? There are 1 Million Uninsured in Fl and I am one of them ! So are my friends Amy and Gen Rodriquez ! There also is 1 Million Uninsured in Texas ! Some states finally got it and #ExpandMedicaidNow ! Great Job Montana, Alaska, Pennsylvania, Indiana ! You figured out that the nees of your people out weigh MAKING POLITICAL POINTS ! But 19 States Just don’t get it !

We The Uninsured in America did not ask to Live in Poverty ! It is Hell for many of us ! Not knowing and juggling money to pay rent,  utilities, Car payments, Food ! So we often sacrifice our health just to survive ! Charlene Dill did this and it cost her her life, and 3 kids a mom ! Not a good trade !

But because you Governors have this insane irrational Pure Hate of President Obama ! Many are suffering are sick and may die ! How is that protecting Us ? How does ssving Taxes Protect Us ? Can Taxes bring you back if dead Governors ? No they can’t but ….IF USED AS  ALLOCATED…..THEY WILL SAVE LIVES ! By refusing to #ExpandMedicaidNow these Governors have become : THE DEATH PANELS ! To many innocent hard working people who just had the misfortune of being poor ! And this is a tradegdy and every death from not having healthcare is a preventative tradgedy ! We As A Nation Are better than This ! We As A People Are Better Than This ! We Simply must stop this outrage #SaveLives and #DemandBetter from Your elected officials ! We Pay Them ! They account to All of Us ! We must #ExpandMedicaidNow !  Can you All Please help Us ?

Thank you God Bless

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My Friends Today I am pleased to say I am Back ! Tropical Storm Erika was a bust ! Like GOP alternatives to the #ACA and #ExpandMedicaidNow ! But the above meme says it All ! We must get a real clue as a nation on this ! As does the one on TOP who are responsible for this !

Do people realize the GOP is Hell Bent on letting people die or stay sick ? This could happen with President Trump or any of the other GOP candidates.  Really All why do we as a Nation continue to pinch pennies on Healthcare ? Yet mortgage our future going to war ?  Do we not as a nation value human life ?

Really I wonder sometimes ! Look at the above meme featuring a quote from Bill Maher the Late Night comedian and pundit ! He actually is right ! This is Donald Trump’s idea of Healthcare !

Memo To All Who Live In Another World : THE ER IS NOT A DOCTORS OFFICE !  It is there to save critically ill people ! Like Accident Victims Asthma Attacks ,Heart Attacks and Strokes !
For example 32 yr old Charlene Dill Went to the ER several times ! But she still died ! Why because she had No Insurance and couldn’t afford medicine or to see a Specialist ! As a result 3 kids have No Mom Today !  Under Trump, Scott Walker , Rick Scott , or Jeb Care This is their plan ! To depend on a Broken system ! The ER and Hospitals can not even survive either !

Why can’t Hospitals survive ? Well too many uninsured like myself ! We go to the ER because we are Uninsured ! Not by choice ! This causes hospitals to incur too much debt ! Potentially causing Hospitals to close leaving many to die !
Can it be fixed ? Yes ! How you ask ? By #ExpandMedicaidNow in 19 States including mine Fl !
Who Are The Uninsured You may ask ? I don’t see them ? Do they really exist ? Well Yes WE THE UNINSURED DO EXIST ! We are your store clerks , casheirs Fast Food workers , custodians, Service Workers, Disabled and other Low Wage workers who just DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH MONEY to Afford Healthcare or An ACA subsidy ! Charlene Dill was this ! Amy and Gen Rodriquez who I wrote A Mom’s Fight To #ExpandMedicaidNow are it ! And I are It ! We ride buses, live in poor housing and work hard but struggle in silence to survive ! We are your neighbors ,fellow Church members, Parents of kids in schools ! We work hard and ask little except dignity !

We can not keep waiting ! We live in and with pain and suffer silently ! While many of you ignore Us ! All we want is to live a long life ! See our kids grow up ! Grow old and have peace and dignity ! Here are the Faces of Our Opponents The Governors Refusing to Lift a Finger and #ExpandMedicaidNow Look At The Meme on Top Its Them ! And down the road If this keeps up I  will have more to say about them ! But this inhumane Humanitarian Crisis must end and soon ! I need and hope to see more involved in helping Us to #ExpandMedicaidNow ! Please Get Involved ! Call your Elected Officials and Demand Better ! You will save lives ! who knows maybe even your own ! Because you never know !
Many have insurance one day can’t afford it and drop it ! So please help us #ExpandMedicaidNow America And The World ! By doing so You Act as A Voice For The Voiceless ! That Are We The Uninsured !

Thank you God Bless
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My Friends normally I write on Politics Or #ExpandMedicaidNow or current events ! But part of the purpose of this blog is to help others out ! We in Fl currently face Hurricane ERIKA ! It may hit where I live in South Florida !

**** Update on This Blog Post in 2017 i went through Hurricane Irma also. It was tough in My apartment complex as 6 Buildings of 23 had No power for 8 days. Ages from 62 to 88 . So Please check on Your Elderly and Disabled Neighbors.

We Also became #Impact and are no longer #ExpandMedicaidNow

This Blog post is meant to help No matter What Year or What Storm Feel Free to Share it.

There are Five Categories of Hurricanes with a Cat 5 being the worst ! Two of the worst ever In my lifetime were Cat 5 Hurricanes Katrina – The worst disaster in American History and Andrew another Cat 5 ! You do not want to be near this if one comes ! Evacuate and do it fast if emergency officials tell you to ! Plus during A Storm Emergency Vehicles Do Not Respond after wind gusts reach 45 mph ! So if you are stuck you are stuck !

I personally rode out Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne while in Ocala Fl in 2004 ! And it was no picnic for us and we were 40 miles inland ! For Hurricane Frances we went 2 weeks without Ekectric ! With Hurricane Jeanne it was a week !

How did we eat and what did we eat ? Well it was alot of sandwhiches ! We ate peanut butter or bought deli meat from Publix or ate cereal or crackers.

There are a few tips I would like to pass along
1. Make Sure Your Car has A FULL TANK OF GAS
2. Make Sure YOU HAVE AVALABLE CASH ON HAND

Why because once the Power goes out Gas Pumps and ATM’s Do not work !
3. A 90 Day supply of Medicine
4. Water’ have at least 1 gallon per person per day (IF POSSIBLE) Plus have water on hand to Flush your toilet with. As sewer lift stations may not operate. You do this by filling up a bathtub. (Please Clean Bathtub Before You Do This)
5. Food – Cannned Goods such as canned tuna fish, samon , and Chicken work well. Peanut Butter, Bread, Crackers, Cookies, Dry Ceeal, Gatorade to help replenish you too. 7 to 10 Day supply.of all.

6. Ice – Make Plenty of it as Fl gets hot ! Take a 1 Gallon Water/Milk jug fill it until 3 in from top put in Freezer and in 1 day you have a block of ice . This can be placed in a cooler to keep food cold.

Now Stores may or may not be able to be open. Due to damages in them or Power. Publix Suoermarkets does have Generator systems in All Stores. So they should when able to be open after the storm. This way if needed you may be able to buy some food. But depending upon how long it takes to restock they may not have all products avalable.
Plus due to safety issues distribution centers close for employee safety and trucks can not run if einds exccced 45 MPH also. Literally nothing moves during a hurricane.

Finally please stay home during this time. Do not go out exploring as Emergency Personell may not be able to help you. And Call the Power Company when outtage occurs. Do Not go near Down Power Lines ! As they carry Live ekectric and can kill you ! Report them too !

7. Be Patient after the storm it may take awhile for power to return. As Lineman also can not work with high winds !

Final Thoughts I hope I educated you on this, But I really hope it doesn’t happen for us in Fl ! As We wait on ERIKA !

Update Erika Missed Us But Forgot To Add One more Important Point If Power Goes Out Use Flashlight Only.! DO NOT USE CANDLES AS THEY MAY CAUSE A FIRE !

Thank you God Bless

Meme Photo Courtesy OF WPLG LOCAL 10 ABC MIAMI
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My friends today I Am NOT HAPPY AT ALL !  I as an Activist am NOT PLEASED ! I am seeing and hearing some very nasty posts and tweets on Facebook and twitter over the past 2 months ! Yesterday I had it ! I was a group admin and I quit !

Why you ask ? Because I am sick of the ingighting among Presidential Candidates Clinton and Sanders Supporters ! This is out of control and has been for awhile !  Do You see Senator Sanders (I or D) VT not sure taking shots at Secratary Clinton (D) ? Or Secratary Clinton (D) taking shots ar Sen Sanders (D or I ) VT ? …….NO YOU DO NOT ! So why are We on Social Media doing this ? I mean really bernie bot Hill shill please people give me a break ! Can’t you find a more productive way to support a candidate ? Do you Not realize GOP OPERATIVES constantly study Liberals and Democrats salivating to destroy us ! Didn’t you learn anything From President Obama who fights daily – while getting constant plots to ruin him and constant hate ! He has stressed unity ! Don’t you all get it ? The more hate and division we have the harder it is in 2016 ! Really people who have good friendships are dissolving ! Over this Junk !

The group I left wanted debate ! Ok fine but posting Hateful almost GOP LIKE MEMES NOT OK ! Whether your for Bernie or Hillary ! I took a Pledge as a Hillary Clinton supporter Not to bash Democrats ! And I am not ! I respect Sen Sanders (I) VT he is forcing a good debate on issues !  If this is what he wants fine ! But don’t leave us like 1980 in 2 camps Carter or Kennedy ! A dream for Wannabee Reagan Donald Trump ! Like it was for Reagan Then !

We have too much to lose fighting like this ! Critcize yes but character assination of Candidates and Supporters NO !! Do we really Want A chance of seeing thses three Republicans ; ? President Trump , President Jeb Bush , or President Walker ? President Trumps America; racist pro rich anti worker pro money America ! President Jeb Bush ? Well as my saying goes Bush’s give You Wars and Death, Riots , Bad Economies – Homelessness and Job loss and Hurricanes Katrina and Andrew ; We will all be on Rooftops in Jeb Bush America ! And Gov Scott Walker well he is a shill for Koch inc. He admitted so in a phony radio interview !

Plus making groups and pages for profit On Facebook ? How does that help We Dems ? Are all members actual Democrats ? All that does is help you and ruin a candidate or party ! Now I am not taking shots at anyone in my groups or on my friends list on Facebook. Nor am I slamming my Twitter Followers ! But if you are doing so please disclose to your members ! I respect my friends in the online publication industry ! You do a great service and are honest ! But many are not being honest some may be actual GOP TROLLS ! Yes GOP wants Bernie Sanders as Democrstic Party nominee ! And why easy win so they think for them ! ?….But if we stop the bickering We can continue the Legacy of President Barack Obama ! Or do we want the above as President ? Losing All We gained these 8 years ? No Fair wages No #ACA No #ExpandMedicaid Now leaving myself Amy Gen Rodriquez and potentially more people uninsured in America !

I will Vote Blue in 2016 ! Will You ? I will vote or Sen Sanders of Vt ! If he is our nominee ! I will Vote For Sec Clinton if She is Our Nominee ! Will you sit home and help the GOP ? ; Or participate ? I leave you with a closing thought from ME BELOW :

“Any Democrat Is Better Than All The GOP Any Day ! “; – Fred Christian blogger Founder of #ExpandMedicaidNow

The Choice is Yours Be like the above meme or Stay home and keep fighting ! Divide and Conquer are GOP ! Unity is the Democrats ! Your choice
Thank you God Bless

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My Friends I am writing this as a warning to All In America ! “Do Not Get Trumped !”  – by Billionaire Donald Trump !  The posted picture says it All ! We are a very status oriented  materialistic what have you done for me lately Nation !  We follow the famous and infamous at the drop of a hat !

But this trend with Mr Trump reminds me of a bad imitation of President Reagan – who I am no fan of ! ( *** See my blog Why I Am A Democrat for information on that on this site ).   Mr Trump is Marketing himself as another Reagan ! Yes marketing – The one thing Donald Trump does well Marketing himself as a brand – A sort of Celebrity version of McDonalds ! He is using Policy by Sound bite to play on Fear while playing Reagan as a Unifying figure !

A Unifying figure He is Not ! Far From It ! What kind of person wants to deport many families Yes Intact Families ? Who did nothing to him ? Yes they are illeagal but they should be legal so we know who is here and get taxes from them ! Plus this stops sweatshops and Under table wages ! But No Mr Trump will build A Wall and send them home ! Which is impossible and could I fear turn violent !

Plus you have a Man in Mr Trump who has gone BANKRUPT ! He goes Bankrupt leaving his investors broke snd holding the bag ! Which is empty !  See my birthplace Atlantic City New Jersey ! Donald Trump will make our Nation into A Giant Atlantic City ! Run down no jobs no hope !

On The issues well he is Pro Business so forget #FightFor15 or #Unions .#WorkerSafety ….Donald Trump will do what likes to do say :”YOUR FIRED ”  He is non commital on #ClimateChange too ! Why trust him ?

On Healthcare. He wants to stop the #ACA (ObamaCare) The Affordable Care Act ! We The Uninsured in Fl would be doomed with Mr Trump ! Our Public Hospitals will go bankrupt ! Leaving many to get sick and die ! I personally am fighting to #ExpandMedicaidNow in Fl and Nationally ! There are 1 million of us in Fl ! Myself Amy and Gen Rodriguez – who suffer now ! It would be A Human Rights Nightmare if Trump made healthcare decisions ! Just the thought of this should convince more of you to help #ExpandMedicaidNow ! Because you will join us as Uninsured too under President Trump !

So you see my friends We Cannot Afford Donald Trump as President ! He is like The Koch Brothers ! But at least Trump scares them ! But his ideas should scare us all !  He simply doesn’t get it ! And seems to take pride in it ! Trump is good for TV but not as The President of  The United States of America ! Lets wake up do the right thing cancel The Donald Trump Show and tell Mr Trump : YOUR FIRED !

Thank you God Bless

Meme Courtesy Stacy Bryan

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My Friends I posted this meme on Donald Trump to illustrate a point ! When it comes to Our Heath Trust is A Must ! Why would anyone trust A self professed Bankruptcy King ?

Really Mr Trump you say you feel For We The Uninsured ?…. If so why do you oppose THE ACA (AFFORDABLE CARE ACT) aka (OBAMACARE) so much ? Do you not realize that It Works and has saved lives ! So What is Your Plan Sir ? Ah Yes GO TO THE ER of the nearest Hospital ! Yes that really can work !

Memo To Mr Trump : I told you this before THE ER is meant to stablize and for people suffering from Asthma Attacks Heart Attacks Strokes and Traumatic Injuries ! Not A Cold or basic illness that can be treated by A Primary Care Physician or Specialist !

So What is Your Grand Plan Mr Trump ? To Fire Us For Being sick ? I hope you realize Hospitals many public ones may close due to too many uninsured having to get charity care ! Or Go Bankrupt ?

Yes Bankrupt ! Oh yes A Term you know well Mr Trump ! Your ideas on Healthcare would leave us like Your Casinos in Atlantic City New Jersey – my birthpace ! Yes or in Fact Like The Entire City of Atlantic City New Jersey ! A town facing ruin Thanks to Mr Trump and his Casino Friends !

WE THE UNINSURED IN AMERICA DESERVE BETTER ! Than a Sideshow Self Promoter like You Mr Trump pedddling empty rhetoric ! Amy and Gen Rodriquez and myself – 3 people actually Uninsured Deserve better ! You have No Plan and want to stop something that works why ? This isn’t a business Mr Trump ! The sick and Uninsured Are Actual People like myself Amy and Gen Rodriguez !

So I say to All in America Why Trust A Bankruptcy King with Your health ? Our Hospitals Will Go Bankrupt and Close with management like Mr Trump ! Do you want that ? No hospitals no doctor to see you ? What happens to you then ? You die quickly and needlessly. ! That is Mr Trump’s view of The Uninsured in America ! It is cruel and inhumane ! So the choice is clear No Plan or A Plan to save Lives and #ExpandMedicaidNow ! Pictured Below President Kennedy President Obama who have A Plan unlike Mr Trump ! A real contrast and Real Reality Check ! Leaders and Wannabe Leaders ! Think about who you want to lead you and you follow leaders like Mr Trump lead to disaster and with your health you do not need one !
Thank You God Bless

***Meme by Wallace Ingalls VoteBlue Facebook Twitter @VoteBlueCrew

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MY Friends
This Is The Video Link to The Video From What If ? #ExpandMedicaidNow BLOG WITH YOUTUBE VIDEO

Enjoy It Thank You God Bless

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