Just in case you thought that maybe Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wasn’t so bad after all,you will have to reconsider. Appearing before State Republicans in New Hampshire, Paul told those people with back pain who can’t work: don’t look to the Social Security administration for help. Instead, tough it out. Quote the Senator:
“What I tell people is, if you look like me and you hop out of your truck, you shouldn’t be getting your disability check. Over half of the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts. Join the club,” he added. “Who doesn’t get up a little anxious for work every day and their back hurts. Everybody over 40 has a little back pain.”
Let’s hope that Senator Paul never has to find out what back pain that prevents you from working really is. Perhaps he can go on forever, living a carefree life that gives him cover to insult and demean those people who are truly suffering.