Politics. . . .UGH! (Originally drafted in 2018--Not much has changed)

Yup, I'm going there and I'm not even sorry.



This post is pure opinion.  If you want some "facts," go look them up.  It's easy.  I just don't wanna.



As we near election day here in the good ole U S of A, I can't help but think that WE, THE PEOPLE, have been led down the primrose path of greed, corporate debauchery, and stone-cold bullshit by our so-called leaders.



Yeah. . . not a very cheery prospect.  I'm grumpy.



The thing is, I don't really believe our "leaders" give one, single fig about us as a whole.  If they did, wouldn't there be a greater emphasis on things in this country like infrastructure, education, and uplifting our citizens as a people?  I would certainly think so.



Instead, we get. . . . .



*Two stagnant political parties that are so grossly polarized the idea of "bipartisan compromise" is laughable.



*A system in which we "have no money" to take care of children, the elderly, and the mentally ill but have scads of cash to increase our involvement in military actions that have never proven successful throughout the course of history. (cough-Afghanistan-cough)



*Leaders who spend more time baiting and taunting each other rather than addressing the needs of the majority of Americans.



*A system in which flag-waving patriots vote--time and time again--to decrease VA funding.  (Psssst: Those soldiers you are supposedly such big fans of deserve health care in exchange for their service and crappy pay)



*A society where the polarization of Washington politics has leached down into local politics--thereby getting a lot of nothing positive done at any level.