And Then I'm Gone

I haven't written much about what's going on in America because I've been saddened, heartbroken, angry, enraged, and I don't have the luxury of time to express it. I keep having to tamp down on my fury at every single person who voted to put Trump in office because they are to blame for what's happening. They are to blame for the children who are being taken from their parents at the borders of this country. They are to blame for Trump and the republican party's destruction of our social safety net--the ACA is gutted, SNAP benefits, too. Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security are next. The people who voted for Trump are to blame for the veterans who are going without services, for the EPA protections for our drinking water being dismantled. They are to blame.

Stop whatever you're doing and read the @WhiteHouse plan for complete reorganization of the entire federal government. I have tweeted some highlights, but honestly can't begin to capture the horror.
Overall, it privatizes a lot, cuts, & consolidates power.https://t.co/P08kGi7dSh

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 22, 2018

And now, there's a plan to "restructure" our federal government, to sell off federal lands that taxpayers own to private buyers, to sell the postal service to private buyers, all of it so that we'll essentially be paying taxes to private corporations. Russia did this, which is how they got the kinds of oligarchs that bought Trump.

Under the Plan, the govt sells off the US Postal Service, FAA, eliminates more than a 1/3rd of the US Public Health Corps, restructures all foreign aid & development programs, and places every single domestic program for poor families & children under a single welfare authority.

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 22, 2018

I blame Trump voters who were too stupid--too blind, too misogynistic, too racist, too jingoistic--to see what was coming. The rest of us knew.

The Plan also offers a real estate bonanza for developers, selling off federal properties en masse. And it cuts or restructures all the fedl progs that are meant to educate people about their financial rights & protect them from bank & mortgage fraud.

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 22, 2018

This is where America is headed. You think it's a joke?

Please, Friends, don't get distracted by the small stuff. What @realDonaldTrump & @WhiteHouse are really up to is total demolition of the US government, summarized in this 132 page document. It's a privatization/deregulation scheme on a staggering scale. https://t.co/P08kGi7dSh pic.twitter.com/SDaFvbti2P

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 22, 2018

Today Trump tweeted that he wants to suspend the rule of law, circumvent the court system, when it comes to immigrants. We used to offer asylum to people from war torn countries, to women who were fleeing abusive situations, to children who had nothing, but Trump has changed all that. And Trump voters are to blame.

David has a new job that is based in NYC, but he can conceivably work from anywhere since he telecommutes. I will have graduated and have my license by the end of the year. I can go anywhere in the world that will hire me. I don't plan on staying in the U.S. if Democrats don't take back the house in November and do something to stop Trump.