OPINION — Why do we continue to vote against our own self-interest? Is it because we are from a family of life-long Republicans or Democrats, or do we pay attention to political commercials that are fabricated and paid for by billionaires? Are we pouring all of our attention into media that manufactures outrage dividing us as a nation?
We have a president that starts wars without the consent of Congress and a congressional majority that lets him get away with it. He has alienated our allies by threatening them, setting up tariffs trying to coerce them, and in doing so he has harmed farmers and thousands of small and medium- sized businesses.
He seems more concerned in erecting monuments to himself than working to make life better for Americans. The majority party in Congress rammed through the One Big Beautiful Bill and it permanently cut taxes for the richest 10% of Americans and cut benefits for the poorest. America is currently an out-of-control dumpster fire, in my opinion.
