"I am a veteran of WW II, I served my country as well as my fellow Veterans. I, along with my wife, need our SS and Medicare to survive. Cutting the budget would put our lives into a great deal of hardship. We are senior aged. At Pearl Harbor I was ready and able to put my life on the line for my country. Sir, I don't believe this administration has the moral right to repay the seniors like myself with cutting our means of survival by cutting the budget." —George, NC It is not enough that you served with honor. It is not enough that you died for the cause. It is only enough that you are most willing to die over and over until death has no loss `til it finds passage through the vein of self torturing you through its very pounding How dreaded and parched is your termination? How outrageous and bloodied damp are theirs? How might we know the horror of your plight without looking deeper than the beggar’s eyes, without examining infinitely the empty corpse, ...
(The Weaver's Song)