COLUMBUS, Ohio: Well, I had better mention the elephant in the room (or donkey). On Saturday morning hundreds of thousands of Democrats across the country, including in Republican states, gathered to hold up signs, sing, and talk among themselves about how terrible the Trump Administration is.
From their standpoint, Democrats are convinced that Trump is a Fascist, like Mussolini in Italy, and a Nazi, like Hitler and his Gestapo. Trump will remove people he doesn’t like whether they are illegal immigrant criminals or ordinary citizens, cancel the 2028 election, and cause oceans to flood our coasts from burning coal and gas.
From the standpoint of Republicans, these Democrats are plumb nutty. Instead of killing 6,000,000 Jews, Trump is working to end Hamas’ war against Jews. Republicans want to use our own natural resources instead of enriching China by sending them trillions of dollars for solar panels and windmill blades. And if you ask ‘em, most Republicans would offer a $100 bet that the election on Nov. 7, 2028 will not be canceled.
These “No King” celebrations are so popular I suggest they go ahead and schedule one for the last week in December. And maybe one on Easter weekend.
I’ll end this with a question: if Trump was a King, would 7 people out of 330,000,000 be able to shut down the entire federal government?
The Shutdown continues. Millions are being harmed, including government employees who are not being paid and anyone who is owed money by those unpaid employees. Others are hurt by decreased services.
Will Rogers wrote 93 years ago, “What the government has got to do is live as cheap as the people.” (DT #1990, Dec. 21, 1932) But Democrat Senators are demanding an extra $1.5 Trillion from taxpayers to end the Shutdown.
The main argument is on, who deserves healthcare subsidies and who does not? Democrats want to add more money and cover more people. Republicans say the extra subsidies added “temporarily” in 2021 because of Covid need to end on Dec. 31, and illegal immigrants should not receive free healthcare.
In the winter of 1935, New York City had a major snowstorm. Unfortunately, the men who were usually eager to plow and shovel snow didn’t show up to work. Will Rogers wrote, “When the impression gets around that people are being fed who won’t work, you will have an about-face on this relief situation. Nobody can kick on honest [people] deserving relief, and nobody can be blamed for kicking on relieving somebody when they won’t work. The governments and towns have got to find some way of telling them apart.” (DT #2650, Feb. 1, 1935)
Concerning illegal immigrants, many who came here years ago are more eager to work than our own native-born folks who, given a choice, prefer to live on relief. As a farm boy years ago, I can assure you we did “dirty jobs” that very few Americans want to do today. And there aren’t enough former farm kids to do that work.
Historic quote by Will Rogers:
“Now, [Congress] wouldn’t be so serious and particular if they only had to vote on what they thought was good for the majority of the people of the U.S. That would be a cinch.” WA #78, June 8, 1924