Open thread for Thursday

Huffington Post:

Kim Metts of Wilmington, N.C. said she relied on unemployment benefits (and a rapidly depleting savings account) to feed her teenage son for a year before she finally found a job earning $11 per hour. The benefits weren't enough to save her house from foreclosure.

"It makes me sick that Congress finds it necessary to keep pouring more and more taxpayer money into these banks, mortgage companies and nothing into the pockets of those who are in reality are paying the bills," wrote Metts in an email. "If I hear one more stupid congressman point the finger at the American public and accuse those who can't find work of being lazy drug addicts, I think I'll do more than scream. You better believe I'll be counted at the polls come November."

“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”---Franklin D. Roosevelt