Sad Day in America

It is a sad, sad day in the United States of America. 

First and foremost, we are NOT united.  We are as divided as any nation can be.  Second, yesterday’s election of Donald Trump and the Republican majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives says so much about us as a nation.  And what it says is not good nor hopeful.

I have to believe that if you voted for Trump then you support what he has said, and what he claims that he will do.  If you really believe that you only voted for your tax rate, then you are seriously misguided and when you wake up, you will no longer recognize the USA that we wish for.

Let’s look at what the President-Elect has in mind for all of us:

An America where women are second class citizens.  He has said that women should not be working but should be at home cooking dinner for their husbands.  He disrespects women in a myriad of ways.  He proposes to have old white men make medical decisions for my daughter, daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

An America that shows disdain for anybody that is different from the lily white Christian male.  If you are disabled, LGBTQ, Muslim, Black, Hispanic or a Jew, then you must be concerned how Trump has emboldened racists and bigots.  The American Hitler Party, KKK and White Supremacy groups cheer his election and his campaign rallies consistently showed those embracing hatred.  You were worried about Sharia law?  Well, we will have the Evangelical equivalent, whereby the wall between religious beliefs and government is torn down.

An America that embraces liars, as well as punishment for any that disagrees with him.  The first amendment is in serious danger as Trump has declared war on the media and promises revenge on any that did not support him.

An America that will cut off Health Care to over 20 million Americans and will take steps to no longer care for their elderly or poor.  When Medicare gets decimated and Social Security is privatized, it will be the beginning of the end for Senior security in this Country.

An America where only the wealthy will have a say in government. 

An America that will, in the next 2 years spiral into the biggest recession, if not depression, in history.  His proposed economic plan will plunge us further into debt (by an additional 5.3 trillion dollars) that we will have no chance of surviving.  But, if Trump’s history is any indication, then he will screw the rest of the world with our debt, eventually default, plunging the world into economic turmoil.

An America that will, for a combination of economic factors, ego and misguided isolationism cause a World War like we have never seen.  But, at least those dependent on the Military-Industrial complex will be enriched.

An America that will be deregulated to the point that your food will not be safe, the environmental gains reversed and banks doing whatever the hell they want to do.

An America that accepts a President that is standing trial for child-rape and fraud.  A President that will only do what is good for Donald Trump and his family business with no regard for what is right for America.  And since his party controls Congress and will soon control The Supreme Court…all of this can be “accomplished.”

A lifelong friend of mine, in response to a Trump voter, wrote the following today:

“It's more than political views. It is a philosophy of life. For my entire 65 years, I have worked for social justice, knowing it was my responsibility to make the world a better place, and always supported people politically and personally who did the same. In my work, in my role as a wife and a mother, as a volunteer, it is my belief why I was put on this planet. I have worked against anti-Semitism, racism, inequality, fought for children's rights, and the rights of women, gay/lesbians. That you and others don't see he spouted racist, unkind, divisive words, disrespected women, Hispanics, physically challenged people in both words and deeds is beyond  my understanding. It pains my heart, yes my heart, that half of America -- including religious people -- who embraced this man whose only interest is himself and his power is beyond me.”

So, you say that none of the above can happen?  That is exactly what you told me when I predicted he would become President in my blog posts as early as December of last year. (And repeated in subsequent posts…the last being a week ago.)   I don’t claim to be smarter than everybody else, but Trump’s election was inevitable.  We have become a Country of under-educated, me-first, selfish, disrespectful, hateful and apathetic people that relish the opportunity to vote against their own best self-interests.  But, friends, as promised, the wealthy will get their tax cut….. just consider what the real cost of that is.

To my children and grandchildren…I am sorry! This election points out that my generation has failed you.  But I, for one, will never stop fighting to rectify our mistake.

And The Journey Continues……………..