Pulling up the ladder

[womzilla]

Here's a fact I hadn't known previously:

Catherine Rampbell at The New York Times... note that seniors—who are already beneficiaries of a government guarantee of health care—are disproportionately likely to oppose a government guarantee of health care.

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[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

And just about 50% of the women who get legal abortions don't believe they should be legal.

Don't even start me about my friend whose brother is disabled with Williams' syndrome. Their mother works the system in every conceivable way to get everything she can for him, and votes religiously against any disability support.