You are doing a kindness, a gift, a charity.
You have NO obligation to provide for, whatever the circumstance, someone who votes against your financial interest.
PS...if you think you’re feeling bad...I just cut off my daughter’s college money, as she felt the need to “express herself” and vote against the family’s monetary well-being in Ohio.
Hope she likes “expressing herself” as she waits tables for next semester’s tuition (and her books, healthcare, car insurance, rent, food...hahaha).
Not a funny hahahaha, but hey, her choice. And I’m all about respecting “choice”. I’m just not going to subsidize it.
Keep the Thirty Bucks. And do what you can to get Uncle a free Obama Phone.
That’s worth $30.00 so it’s a win/win for you and your uncle.
If he has enough brains to still vote and vote for Obama he has enough brains to know better. Cut him off and tell him to go find “Obama Money” to fill his needs.
Those that are dependent on govt all voted for the dims, we have too few pulling the wagon this is why we lost.
I doubt he’d understand. I’d just let it go.
The voters have spoken for government solutions. If you think you need the money then tell him you cannot afford it anymore - do not make politics the reason but rather your impending financial position. I too send amounts of $60 weekly and $75 bimonthly to different family members and wish I could stop - but their appetite for free stuff exceeds that of the governments current generosity;)
Give if you want to, don’t give if you don’t want to. How he voted is irrelevant. the fact that he appears to be ungrateful is also irrelevant.
It is admirable that you honor your grandparents in this way. But it’s not a requirement, it’s your choice.
Does sending him a check make you feel good? If so, do it. If it no longer makes you feel good - or has become a financial strain on your own family - then don’t.
Don’t do it out of guilt though - that’s destructive to both of you.
If he is only slightly mentally handicapped then let the state care for him. He’s not your problem.
You are being both petty and vindictive.
But that’s OK.
I am in the process of cutting off all relatives, friends and business associates who voted for him or who are demonrats.
These people are destroying us. They are the enemy. They deserve to be shunned.
Keep giving him the money. Treat him how you would want to be treated. Love him regardless of his stupidity.
Send a card saying you donated in his name to the Human Fund.
How do you know he's not boozing it up? Lap dances at the nudie bar? <<Insert your own sordid nasty response here>>?
Look. It is fiscally irresponsible of you to make this donation without knowing how it is used. If you want to be charitable, then fine. Be sure you know what he's doing with the $$$
Otherwise, yes.... You are being taken advatage of
All good replies - ALL of them.
We don’t know the problems of your uncle,
if he works, the extent of his impairment.
But, he did vote, which indicates competence.
I would cut the amount to $5, send it every
other month, and then just stop. Tell him it’s
because of Barry’s policies.
Personally, I’m feeling exceptionally mean-spirited.
Hubs and I were going to send 5 grand to Beck’s
Mercury One for the sandy survivors.
After last night?
The people who voted for Bloomie and Barry can pound sand.
BUT.....When you send him his check, warn him never to vote without asking you first, because he made a very big mistake. He helped hurt a lot of hard working people because he voted the way he did. Tell him if he does it again, the person he votes for will have to start giving him his $30, because it will have already been taken away from you by that person.
Teachable moment here.
I think what you are doing for your uncle is a selfless act of love—regardless of the closeness of the relationship. From your description of him, he is not like the Obama Phone woman or the women who lined up waiting for money from Obama’s Stash.
Yeah, he voted dumb. But the circumstances out weigh his vote. I’d continue with what you’ve always done unless the economy, or until the economy, makes it impossible.
PS: Am attending Thanksgiving with my father and his wife & her grown children. All are libs including my father—the three sons of my stepmother’s are white trash Obama voters—Obama phone owners. One word to dig or gloat or throw my values in my face, and I’m out of there. And this is my father’s house. See you don’t have it worse than some of us.
You say you’re doing this as a tribute to your grandmother.
That’s all that matters. Is this the only way you can honor her memory? Did she have a favorite cause or charity?
We should be vindictive.
The GOP is dead.
Cut it off for a couple of months. You can always start sending it again, but maybe he’ll remember next time an election rolls around.