Politics

I would love to see a statesman or woman run for congress.  I don't think we have any of those left and I for sure know we don't have anyone in congress or running for congress that has the interest of the country at heart.  The middle class just keeps shrinking and those in congress don't have a clue.  Remember the statement that Obama was caught on an open mic  about "a lot of folks cling to their Bible and their guns."  Well, those clinging to their Bibles are hoping for better days and for a better place.  They are also the ones clinging to their guns.  These are not the nutcases like the bunch that showed up to fight the fed for the idiot Bundy.  These are good ole boys and girls.  These are the people that make the country work.  They are the ones who fix your electricity after a bad storm or a hurricane.  They are the ones that keep your roads and streets in repair.  And they are the ones being hurt by the inflation at the grocery store, never mind the increase in rents.  These people use those guns to hunt deer, elk, turkeys and wild hogs to supplement their groceries.  They also grow gardens out of necessity.  And they are the ones that head for the recrutment office when there is a war.  They were the ones that died in Vietnam.  They were the ones that fought Gulf War 1, and many of them were the ones in Iraq and Afghanistan.  And they are the ones being sold down the river by our government.  They are the ones that cannot afford to send their kids to private school.  So those kids get shoved aside so that we can educate the rest of the world, mostly Mexico and Central America.  But the politicians don't see this nor do they care.  They are also the ones who still do not have medical insurance because the cost even under the ACA is still too high for them to afford, especially in Texas.  They are the ones that get screwed in any action taken by the government.  Who benefits?  Mostly the rich and the illegals.  No, it is all the rich and the illegals.  The wages are low because of the illegals.  Our medical system is in a mess because of the illegals and yet we have politicians that do not have the guts to deport them and clean up our country.  These politicians are catering to businesses who want the cheap labor.  How do I know this?  I come from these people.  And I live in Texas where we have had an illegal problem for 50 years.  And the politicians in Texas have repeatedly chosen illegals over citizens.  From allowing them to use taxpayer money to attend college after the taxpayer has had to educate them through elementary to high school.  Their parents show no income so they can get more than the Texan because that Texan's parents do not work off the books and do show income.  Our ER's and hospitals are overrun with illegals who do not pay their bills.  So we get stuck with not only higher bills but can't get into and ER when needed.  But you know what?  Things will rock along as they are until those illegals start moving into the upscale neighborhoods and they will and until they start taking jobs from the well-to-do and they will.  Then we will ;hear some loud screams.  Can't wait.  The rest of us will muddle by because we always have.  We will always find a way and we help each other out.  Those of you who have had it easy all your lives will be in a world of hurt if the economy crashes.  We will survive, but not y'all. And who knows, maybe I will yet get to see the politicians begging on the streets.