“The Wizard of Oz,” “Gone With the Wind” and I are all turning 80 this year. All I want for my birthday is to be healthy, happy and safe.
When the people in the FBI, Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration and Food and Drug Administration had to work for over a month without pay, I wondered how they could focus on Americans’ safety when they were concerned about providing for their families.
Trump suffers from "perseveration" — look it up. That is why he still wants the border wall. There are recipients of Social Security who are so mentally ill that they cannot work, and yet this administration allows them to apply for gun permits. Do we feel safe when Donald Trump pulls out of the nuclear arms treaty with Russia?
I'm concerned for my health when mining companies are permitted to dump toxins directly into waterways, and the Environmental Protection Agency is allowing automobiles and power plants to emit toxins into the air. "Regulations" should be renamed "protections."
My health is threatened knowing the Republicans' agenda is to cut Social Security and Medicare by 21 percent.
It saddens me to know migrant children are taken from their families and placed in private institutions. Institutionalizing migrants in private facilities is a billion-dollar-a-year industry. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos charges our government over $700 per child per day. Sounds like a Republican scam to me.
Did you know hunters are allowed to shoot bears and wolves sleeping in their den? It depresses me to know my opponents at the bridge table think our president is doing a good job, so when I bid one no Trump, I use my outdoor voice.
I can't wait for 2020. I'll call it the end of an error.