(#5825) Democrats use the power of the federal government to uplift us, republicans use it to punish us

      I know this and why the ones who voted for republicans don't is a mystery to me. It is not like republicans are hiding it either. They talk about cutting government spending like it is their only cause. What they do however is to help the wealthy maintain wealth. Well the last time I checked, 98% of Americans are not wealthy. yet for some reason more than 50% who voted last November voted for republicans if we rule out all the conspiracy theories. So that is the mystery to me. Add on top of that that the republican president elect inspired an insurrection on our democracy, was convicted of sexual assault and is now a 34 time felon. The mystery truly is baffling to me!
     I will tell you what I do feel and it is shame at being within an American society that doesn't value honor and decency above depravity. Yet here we are. Very soon the days of the federal government trying to make all Americans live an easier and less struggling life will be over. With the incoming president the federal government will begin to work on ways to make life more difficult and stressful for its citizens. Medicare/medicaid will become harder to receive. Social security will become a target for ending. All the federal government safety nets will become targets for elimination. All except those that benefit the wealthy. This will be our new future and too many of us voted for it.
     You may dismiss my evaluations all you want because for me it is out of my control. What happens next is what happens to you because too many of you thought you knew more than you actually did. I never had to say a word of care about the good going away and being replaced by the bad. I could have just let it all happen without making a single sound about it. But that isn't who I am. Yet the better and best I had to warn and describe obviously wasn't enough. I don't know how we all will get through this but I know it will be punishing to so many that it will break my heart. We wanted this as a society so this is what we will get. My shame for how we are such dupes is beyond description but just know that it is deeply embarrassing.