the greatest victory is the victory over oneself

Due to another round of budget cuts, the agency where i work needs to save another $2 million for the State of RI; if anyone is keeping score, this makes a total of $5 million in three years that have been taken away from people with developmental disabilities. In a state that just claimed an increase of revenue for the last quarter of fiscal year 2011.

This results in the lay off of five positions in our office. A week from this Friday they will be taken in for a meeting, told that their positions are eliminated, be paid for the rest of that pay period but not work for the last week. Four of these people i see on a daily basis and have to greet them like i don't know what is going to happen. This is the time to buy a Bed & Breakfast in Vermont.

This country is so lost, i am beaten down by the daily onslaught of corporations taking over our government, the ruling class pissing on the middle and lower classes. Obama is doing little for his party, and is almost as ineffectual as W was.