Met My Match
by Angel Gober—Pennsylvania
I knocked on a door three times. No answer. I left to go to the next house when I heard people at the first home getting their mail. Naturally, I went back and I apologized for not giving them enough time to answer the door, and I proceeded into my rap. This man told me, “I’m a registered Conservative Republican!”.
I said, “Ok, that’s great. Well, I’m a registered Democrat, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t agree that our economy is a disaster. That’s what Working America is about. We’re a non-profit organization fighting for working people and reiterees!”
He invited me in, and I sat down with him and his wife. We talked about how our politicians are getting rich w/our tax dollars and have free healthcare. After a few minutes, I felt that they trusted me. The wife signed down and told me that she didn’t have $5 for dues. She told me, “Before you knocked on our door, we were making a list of all of the creditors that we owe.”
She said that her husband couldn’t find work for six months, and he finally landed a job, but their wages, combined are still not enough to cover their cost of living.
I felt this woman become very insecure and vulnerable. It was amazing to know that at first they were hard-core conservative, and they turned into your everyday struggling family worrying, like so many, how they were going to survive.
I left feeling very confident that this family had a real change of heart.
Tags: health care, jobs, wages
I talked to a woman tonight who was angry about how much her health care went up. She said she was actually making less money this year because her health care costs overtook the amount she got as a raise. In this time where costs are climbing, like gas prices, how is the average working person supposed to stay ahead? In most cases the working class isn’t. It’s another reason why we all need to demand that the government finds a way to control soaring costs!
At first he didn’t have time for me. I quickly explained, “No, sir, we’re fighting to keep good jobs in the US. Jobs are being outsourced and American people are losing work.” He let me in, took the clipboard from my hands and looked it over. He paused at each point. “Good jobs,” he said, “That’s like fair wages, right?”
I met a nice lady with 3 kids, a single mother who works at a big-box retailer. She said her child was autistic and he is able to get his medications through 
