Message to the Republican Kool-Aid Drinkers from a tired Democrat

 I refuse to engage with those who continue to drink the Kool-Aid. It is getting frustrating to read reports that members of Congress continue to repeat election lies. 

Here's the Truth (with a capital "T"):

 DONALD TRUMP LOST A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT.  Down-ballot  Republican candidates fared better because they weren't Donald Trump.  Stop saying the election was stolen or fraudulent because it wasn't. AND YOU KNOW IT! 

By running down to Florida and getting a photo op or speaking at a "Conservative" conference and nodding your head and clapping when DT repeats his lies you show your duplicitousness.  You are focusing on the next election. I'm not and neither are most people out here.

We do need a loyal opposition to the Democrats but not an opposition that doesn't come up with solutions to thorny, difficult problems. Our leaders need to lead. If you don't like the proposals then do the work and  please tell me an alternate solution to the $1.9 trillion package.  The piecemeal approach, the "wait and see if this works" approach is NOT working.  We already tried that and here we are.

I'll tell you why I have lost patience with the "same old same old" games that are being played out in Congress. My church runs a Little Free  Pantry at the end of the parish driveway.  And every week but especially at the end of the month when the unemployment runs out  and at the first of the month when the rent is due, the pantry is nearly empty every day. And now, it's every week, even after the distribution at the food bank which happens twice a month. In the richest  nation in the world my town has kids going to bed hungry and is relying on a small parish's food cupboard to make ends meet. I don't have to debate about the deficit or "tax and spend". I've got hungry people, sick people who need the help your weekly pittance would provide. 

 Let me remind you that your salary is  $174,000/year plus benefits (health insurance, paid vacation, pension). That's $3,346.15 per week. That's what you get. Could you live on $300/week?  Could you pay rent, feed your kids, cross your fingers that no one gets really sick because you lost your health insurance when you lost your job?  That's what real people are facing with the latest proposal. Guess what? The math isn't working.

You cut the amount of unemployment insurance because you think it discourages people from finding work. I'm here to tell you THERE IS NO WORK! AND DISREGARDING HEALTH REGULATIONS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE ECONOMY BETTER.  IT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE MORE PEOPLE SICK AND INCREASE THE DEAD. 

Am I shouting?  Sorry. But whispering and being nice is not getting your attention or your action. 

Of course, if you're looking to control population growth, and maybe you are, you've got a sure winner there.  But then, it reduces the number of taxpayers available to pay your salaries. 

Think about it.