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KentuckyWoman

(6,692 posts)
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 08:32 PM Jul 2019

Someone needs to do the job of President since Redacted is refusing.

There IS a crisis at our southern border. For a decade or more refugees have been flooding the gates so to speak, and it is getting worse. WHY? No one seems to be bothered to do anything about it.

People don't want to drag their small children through the hot desert in desperation. They want to live in safety and peace. But it is so horrid where they live that they walk, with their family and whatever they can carry, 1000's of miles, in desperation. The one hope they have of survival for their family is a detention center in the US. They know the chances are slim. They know the conditions are not good. Yet they keep coming.

I want to know why no one in our government is engaging the leaders of the region to help come up with a comprehensive plan to handle the issues. In the absence of diplomacy from the White House, what can be done by the Democratic Party leaders and representatives?

There IS a crisis of economy. Most of us are losing so much ground. I'm lucky if I have another 10 years on earth. Those who come behind me... i think about what kind of life they will have when they are too old to work. WHY is all the conversation about the tweets, and not about what is happening in people's homes?

There IS a crisis in medical care. it isn't just poorer Americans. Too many middle class families can't afford the premiums, deductables and co-pays to carry even catastrophic coverage. They play roulette, hoping not to get sick. Those with coverage hope they don't lose a job, or get an illness big enough to lose their job AND coverage. COBRA is ridiculously unaffordable. Despite all attempts to change this by the Democratic Party, the issues remain. But all the conversation is about tweets.

This country needs leadership. We don't have it right now. He's too busy golfing or tweeting or having his little pissing contests with women. He is a gnat, hardly worth anything. Certainly not all this conversation.

We need to just turn our backs on the little piss-ant and move on to solve the issues in this country. There are too many people who need something done and are running out of time. 2021 will be too late for a good many of them.

Impeach and move on...

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