Posted by
Traci Martin on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:57:02 PM
I had a chat with my "Flor" my housekeeper/nanny today. She has worked for me for 6 years. She is here legally, on a work permit from El Salvador. I don't especially need her, but she has become a part of our family, she is very dependable, honest and treats our kids with the type of care that is hard to find. Being that she is not a citizen she will not be voting, but her brother will be. I asked her today "Is your brother voting for Obama?"
"Yes." She answered. "That's too bad." I said.
A budget cut in the White House means a budget cut in the Martin house. My husband is self employed, and has a few employees. We have four kids, one in college, one in high school, one in second grade and one in Kindergarten. They all live under our roof all the time.
In the event that we have an Obamanation we will have to cut back, and as much as we value Flor, we will not be able to continue to employ her. She was hired when I had a newborn, a one year old, and my husband was in ICU after having two neck surgeries in 2 months. She was a necessity then, and was kept on as a luxury. Our gardener, Jose we might as well say adios now. My 19 year old Rick will be earning his keep by doing the yard work from now on. Of course Rick will probably lose his job too. I explained to Flor, how Obama is great news for all the welfare people who sit at home and don't work while collecting numerous forms of government money. But for her and all her friends who ride the bus that goes from Redondo Beach to Los Angeles everyday; the car wash attendants, gardeners, laborers, maids, nannies, they will feel the economic earthquake. It will hit them just as hard as the upper class.
The people on the bus hear only that Obama is going to send businesses out of business. They assume that that means bigger businesses. They cannot comprehend that this would touch their lives in any way. They see themselves as too small. It is a form of denial or ignorance. Obama is burying the very people he is preaching to.
He is depending on their ignorance to win their vote. More money for the poor sounds like the obvious choice to them. Voting to protect the upper class is counter intuitive. Even though it will ensure their economic future. For a class of people that find it hard to trust the upper class, voting their to put their lives in their hands is frightening. Obama is the best wolf in sheeps clothing we have seen in a long time. Too bad he isn't running wild in Alaska.
