Let’s Have a Show of Hands

Yes, another political post by someone who doesn’t talk about politics…sorry.

I hate the way politics makes me feel. What I feel borders on rage towards the candidate who exemplifies everything I think is wrong with America: corporate greed, corporate bankruptcies, tax breaks for the wealthy…don’t get me wrong, I’m also disgusted with the opposite end of the compass: the population who could work but choose not to, and instead take from government funds which are paid for by people like me.

What makes people like Trump different from those on the opposite end of the financial spectrum, those who find ways to defraud government programs like welfare, food stamps, social security, unemployment benefits, and even college grants for their children—leaching on programs that middle class taxpayers fund? I don’t see a difference.

I feel compelled to address the latest argument of Trump defenders. They site the astounding fact that…