I'm mostly just a lurker here, but occasionally I post comments. I don't really know how to describe myself politically. I grew up in a Midwestern historically very "Red state". My grandfather however, was very opinionated.One of his most memorable quotes was: "The only people who vote Republican are rich ones and dumb poor ones."
I was always taught that voting was not just a privilege or a right, but a duty. I took it very seriously.

In March of 2014, I went to a PrimeCare medical clinic to determine why I was feeling so bad. Turns out, as the doctor that was treating me said, “son, you're hours from death”. He told me he was going to have his nurse call an ambulance for me, but I stopped him because I knew if I were to use an ambulance, it would cost a lot of money. So I told him, “forget the expensive taxi, I'll have my wife take me.”