I really do not think half of you realize what this stupid government shut down it going to our poor people and our elderly. I was talking to one of my friend I have know for many years tonight, and if this crap does not stop she is going to be out on the street literally by the first of February, because this shutdown has stopped the pension check she was getting from a branch of the government, and because she has no where to store it she will lose all her possessions and even her clothes. She does not even have a car to live in and the temps are supposed to drop again in about a week to the teens. It is nice for our wonderful president and the legislature to set in their nice warm homes most paid for by the tax payers while our poor and elderly will be dying in the streets if this does not stop. I love this country just as much as anyone, BUT I PERSONALLY LOVE OUR PEOPLE MORE. I challenge anyone who still thinks this stupid wall is worth all this to tell me if they would stand behind that moronic idea if it was their mom, or grandma, or wife and kids that were going to be going hungry or be freezing on the streets? How can anyone listen to stories of people who will be losing their homes soon in the damn middle of winter and be out on the streets, and still think this government shut down is a good thing.
I personally will be ok. I have some family that would not allow me myself to be homeless, but what about people like my friend who have no where to go? She lives too far away for me to offer her lodging in my house or I would rather then see her freezing on the streets in this weather.
At the bottom of all the trash that has been thrown around Washington for months is not really the border, because frankly IT WILL NOT WORK to keep people out. NO one is taking into consideration a wall is pointless. If people can not go over or through it they will either go around it or UNDER IT. Has no one ever heard of a tunnel. No way will this thing be deep enough in the ground to stop someone who really wanted to get in this country from digging under it. In the mean time while he is trying to extort the money for this wall out of the government by cutting the life line to the poor and elderly in this country ( extort: to obtain from a person by force, intimidation) No one can deny cutting off the funds to people who not only need it but many have worked for their mentions, and if you think it is not intimating to have your home and all your possessions ripped away from you in the middle of winter because you do not have the money with which to pay your rent because it is being held by the government, you should try it some time.
I really hope not a single one of these positions involved in this mess get reelected, because none of them are realllllllly looking out for the good of the American people. Trump wants his wall so bad so he can sit back in his old age and say look what I did. And the congress did not like him getting elected from the first place so they fought him all the way. Not all his ideas for this country were bad ones but THIS ONE IS REALLY BAD. If congress had let some of his other ideas pass through maybe he would not be hanging on to this one so tight. I keep thinking of a line I heard on the tv show M.A.S.H. one time. Hawk-eye was talking to a Korean soldier he told the soldier we were over there to help keep them free, and he replied What good is it to be free if you destroy your own home to get there. That is how I feel about this lets pretend I am wrong for a min ( which I am not), but lets pretend after many months of a stand off congress relents and lets him have the funding for the wall. HOW MANY OF THE AMERICAN CITIZENS (THAT HE IS CLAIMING THE WALL WILL PROTECT ) WILL BE DEAD FROM STARVATION OR FREEZING TO DEATH OR SOMEONE KILLING THEM WHEN THEY ARE SLEEPING ON THE STREET FOR ANYTHING THEY MAY HAVE THE OTHER PERSON WANTS. I really think this is bad. My dad and mom grew up doing the depression and dad used to tell me stories about not having much food to eat. Do we really want to do that to our people when it is not needed.
I DO NOT WANT ANYONE I CARE ABOUT LIVING ON THE STREETS IN THIS WEATHER. I just wish I had the money trump has. I would give it to the poor people he is hurting with this wall thing. Here is an idea if he wants it so bad why does he not put up the funding for at least half of it out of his own pocket? It should be tax deductible as a for either an endowment or sense he would be donating it as a charitable act, and IF HE DID THAT, even though I still think a wall is a stupid idea, I think congress should let him have the other half just to put a stop to this stand off and help our people who are suffering because of it.
Ok I will climb back down off my soap box now for a while anyhow.
