We Don't Want Your Tired, Your Poor- We Don't Even Want Our Own

We Have Become A Cruel Country That Crushes Souls

I am honestly having trouble wrapping my head around where we are right now.

The United States of America is on the verge of budget cuts that will hurt so many. I went to sleep last night thinking about the Emma Lazarus poem on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty which includes the famous lines, “Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

Not only don’t we want to help people from other countries, BUT WE ALSO DON’T WANT TO HELP OUR OWN.

And it’s not like taking away food from children will balance our budget. In fact, WE WILL BE INCREASING OUR DEBT SO THAT BILLIONAIRES AND COROPRATIONS WILL HAVE MORE MONEY.

Republicans love to bash how Democrats do things but The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, has helped so many people. My own children have benefited by being able to stay on our healthcare plan until age 26. My youngest, who is not yet 24, is still covered by our insurance. And remember the days when a pre-existing condition meant that you couldn’t change jobs? Obama got rid of that ridiculousness.

There are currently several states waiting for FEMA aid. Red states mind you. Recent tornadoes and other natural disasters have caused devastation- rebuilding will be costly. As they literally sit in the dark waiting for aid that will likely never come, I hope they think about the choices they made on election day.

There are people being arrested because they are speaking out. Due process and the Constitution were so pre-2025.

If the new budget is passed, children will go hungry. That’s not an exaggeration of fear mongering- it’s a fact. Hospitals will close. Healthcare in general will become less available. Trying to get in to see a doctor has gotten harder- these cuts will certainly make a bad situation worse.

As *CF Trump discusses a $400 million plane, cancer research faces funding cuts. By the way, that plane from Qatar is apparently one which no one else wanted. They’ve been trying to offload that thing for years and couldn’t. They are probably laughing their asses of that the “art of the deal” moron fell for their plan.

We probably should put a new poem on the Statue of Liberty. Something like, “Turn back, we don’t want you, we are a cruel country that crushes souls.” I mean, I’m no Emma Lazarus but the message is there.

The crazy thing is that some of the most right-wing Republicans oppose the bill because IT DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH. How insane is that? At this point, what do we stand for? What were we made for? ( And just like that the Billie Eilish song is stuck in my head.)

At the budget hearings this week the cabinet members who were being grilled kept ignoring questions and blaming the Biden administration for the cuts which they themselves enacted. According to Heather Cox Richardson, “Health and Human Services secretary RFK Jr. exploded when Senator Patti Murray (D-WA) asked him whose decision it was to withhold childcare and development grant funding.” After much grandstanding and deflecting, Kennedy FINALLY said that the decision was made by his department, although he refused to take responsibility for the cuts himself. He claims that his department halted billions of dollars in federal childcare funding without his knowledge. And if you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn that I can sell you pretty cheap. But please don’t raise the tolls because four of my kids and my turkey baby grandson live in Brooklyn.

We have to keep putting pressure on the government to stop the carnage. There will be massive protests on June 14^th dubbed “No Kings Day.” Have you called your elected officials today? Once again, the number is (202) 224-3121 for the U.S. House switchboard operator. Tell all your friends to call too. Now is not the time to stay on the sidelines.

If you pick one moment in your life to speak out, this is it.

*Convicted Felon