I feel as if we're in an episode of a Gilded Age reboot. We have an administration that talks about spending billions (and already has) of taxpayer money on arming its own private militia under the guise of Immigration Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, while people are trying to figure out how to feed, house, and clothe their families. Prices of medications that had been reduced under the Affordable Care Act and during the Biden administration have risen, while Social Security benefits are being reduced. Some people can afford the increase, but for many, they will have to go back to either rationing their meds or, even worse, doing without.
How is any of this fair?
I'm at a loss.
It's hard not to feel defeated, but I know giving in and giving up is not the answer. But today, that feeling is surrounding me like a fog.
