He is going to send her a check.
And he's going to tax you to pay for it.
Her check won’t cover the added gasoline tax. When her car falls apart, she will not qualify for a loan for even a third hand beater and might get a free bus pass. Her mortgage will be renegotiated and she will still have to pay it. After 3 years of falling behind, the government will be forced to reposses her now-crumbling house. The remaining few taxpayers will have to pay to have it razed and she will be in public housing, if there is room left. Her food stamps still won’t cover all the snacks and convenience foods she desires and eventually, she will pass that age when the government, which is also the healthcare system, tells her it is her duty to die, here’s the free pill. Her children will riot and loot whenever they feel like it and soon, no city will have any sort of shopping area. The wealthy who find urban living to their taste and have survived the first wave of riots, will have left permanently for their summer home.
All that will be left will be the uber-wealthy. They will pay for the proles and we will be hunkered down in rural enclaves, keeping body and soul together with as little income as possible. Possibly we will be lucky to get service jobs at the palatial dachas.
We’ll be bombed at some point, but it will be a progressive liberal city. The cities may even be occupied by whomever does the bombing. Most of us will find it hard to summon any pity. We’ll be too busy trying to keep the occupiers out of our own areas.
I hope we survive this nightmare, if it comes to pass. For now, I am praying for MacCain/Palin.