I am just a lay person.
I am not a political expert. I am an old white lady and these are my thoughts.
These are not facts. This is just what I think based on what I've seen in life
experience. Your thoughts may vary. These are just mine.
So about a week ago we
had an election here in the United States. As usual it was the reds (Republican
candidates) versus the blue (Democratic candidates). In the last big
election, the reds took over. Meaning that the Republicans were in charge of
both the House and the Senate. Two years later we had what has been called a
blue tsunami. Meaning that all those patches of red had turned blue. What does
this mean? What did it mean then? What does it mean now?
I really think it has
less to do with party and more to do with people being fed up. Two years ago
people seemed to be tired of the same old same old. Things were particularly
bad, but they weren't particularly good. People wanted something better. And at
the time many were convinced that the red was a better alternative to blue. They
heard something that resonated with them is my understanding. However, here we are two years later and it’s
time to evaluate what the red has done. Or what they haven’t done. Not just me,
not just you…everyone. And hence there
was a giant blue tsunami. However, I wonder as it was two years ago if people
weren't voting for a particular party, but against what the other party had
done. (Or neglected to do)
I think this time around
people weren't just listening to politicians pontificate (and they seem to LOVE
to do that), they were seeing what actually had happened. They were believing
their own eyes over what they were being told. That probably should have always
been the case, but in times of trauma and difficulty sometimes we want to
believe what we hear, even if our hearts and brains are telling us something
else.
I don't think there are
suddenly more Democrats and less Republicans. I think there are more people who
are fed up with the situation that they have found themselves in this country
in. The majority is tired of the
bullcrap.
In the coming year the
Democratic Party will have more power in Congress than the Republican Party.
They have an opportunity to do something. We've seen in the last 2 years when
the Republican Party was in power, Congress wasn't doing much of anything. I
think we are tired of that. I think the majority of us are hardworking people
and we're tired of seeing our government get more and do less. We've seen how unfair
things are. So we voted. We voted for
some sort of change to make life a little more tolerable and a lot more fair.
In this upcoming year
there is a chance for change. People don't want to hear what Congress plans to
do, people want to see Congress actually doing something that benefits
them. Something that benefits their community. Something that benefits the country.
Again I am no expert,
but I'm tired of all the crap that has been thrown at us. I think the majority
of the United States is to. We don't want to send our children off to a war in
the Middle East. We DO want to be able to afford basics like food, healthcare,
and gas for our vehicles. We want support from our elected officials, not just
empty words. We want the people who we voted for to work for US and not for big
conglomerates and the exceedingly wealthy. We just want what's fair.
While we don't want
unregulated immigration, we also don't want to see people thrown in cages and
family split apart. We know that there has to be a better way and are wondering
why one has not yet been found.
We are not stupid. (No
interjections here…) We know that our children go to school and are not
suddenly transitioned into a different sex. Our children aren’t in school for a
couple of days and then suddenly reappear “changed.” They come home every day and complain, talk,
laugh and cry. Or so we hope because we also know that sending our children to
school can be a dangerous thing. We want our children to be safe and not to be
frightened when they are in school. Why do children have to participate in
lockdowns? Why have we done nothing about gun violence?
Maybe we don't want Universal
Health Care (or maybe we do), but we certainly want healthcare that we can
afford. It seems very unfair that Congress gets a free ride when it comes to
medical attention, but we don't. It seems unfair that members of Congress can
be on leave and get paid for long stretches of time and we can barely take a
couple of months off when a child is born. It just doesn't seem right. Probably
because it isn't right.
I believe, and again
this is only my opinion, that we the people want and deserve better. Hey
Congress: this is the time to show us that you are willing to make the lives of
your constituents better. This is the time to show us that you understand that
you work for the people. Not just a specific group of people, but for ALL the
people. And that you are willing to work, really work, to make this country a
better place.
So come January 2027,
congress, do your thing. Be like us. Do your job.
Do.
Work. No more words, ACTIONS. Accountable actions. Otherwise there's going to
be another, probably very different kind of tidal wave.
Totally, and even more.
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