The declining quality of life in America
At one time, I thought the quality of life in America was pretty good compared to most of the rest of the world.
Most of us could work at decent jobs. Most of us could afford to rent or own a place to live. Most of us could afford to go grocery shopping for our needs. Many of us could afford a car, new, used, or whatever. Most of us didn't pay too much attention to whether Dems or Republicans were running things. Most of us we're fairly content with our lives and striving to make life better for ourselves, our families. Most of us didn't try to screw our friends, our acquaintances, or anyone else.
But today, it seems that the Republican Party is doing everything possible to fuck up the quality of American life for most of us. Actually, this has been the fantasy of the Republican Party for the past four or five decades. It's been their dream -- and our nightmare -- that was driven by their greed, lack of empathy, and a "fuck everyone but me" mindset. Most of us didn't understand it. And most of us didn't grasp the reality that Republicans don't believe in the same things the rest of us believe in. Their "family values," "Jesus," "super patriotism" memes were always bullshit that they spread for the fundies and anyone else ignorant enough to buy it.
Then, along came Donald Trump and their dream (our nightmare) became reality. They dropped their masks and showed us all what horrible creatures they really are. They are terrifying, people who don't give a fuck whether anyone lives or dies, as long as they've got theirs. They are Pure - Fucking - Evil.
The quality of American life, for the average person, has been trending downward. And the reason is obvious. It's due to the, so called "policies" of the Republican Party. Which makes them our enemies. And it also makes them people who must, MUST, be defeated in the next election if any of us hope to ever again have a reasonable quality of life for ourselves and our loved ones.
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Elected Repugs aren't people, they are representatives of the oligarchs and that money & power for themselves & the oligarchs is all they care about. They claim to care about deficits, a LIE proven by their catastrophic tax cuts for ultra rich, they claim to care about American jobs, but send all their business overseas, they claim to care about killing fetuses, then kidnap, cage & torture Hispanic children that are lucky enough to keep their lives or not be assaulted in an unsecured, unsafe environment. They think rape is perfectly ok as long as the rapist is white & rich. Worst part is they are just gearing up - things they want to do soon -
Abolish free education
End all labor laws, including overtime & child labor laws
End all environment laws, including Clear Air & Clean Water acts
End every business regulation
Abolish ability for unmarried women to get birth control or an abortion (again unless they are rich & white & then they get what they want)
End all government assistance with healthcare including ACA, Medicaid, Medicare & SS by privatizing & voucherizing them at significantly lower $$, with no rules about actual coverage by insurance co & cut that dramatically until it's ended. The rich get more tax cuts so they steal that money from the people that worked hard & earned it
Stage a Reichstagg Fire, suspend the constitution, eventually reinstate it but with changes - such as - only allow people who own property and who have passports to vote and only after age 25 (when most graduate from college & start settling down)
End free press
Fire all liberal judges and supplant them with repug hacks
