You Reap What You Sow

This post is addressed to the people who voted for Trump. We know that you're out there, even if you won't admit it. You have complained about pretty much every piece of Obama policy. You think that this country is worse off than it was 8 years ago, even though:

• Bush left office with a 25% approval rating; Obama's is 52.1%, higher than Reagan's
• Obama saved GM, preserving a million factory jobs
• the Dow is TWICE what it was the day he took office (18,000 vs 9,000)

Guess what? You're going to get everything you asked for. You want Republicans? You got 'em! In all 3 branches of government!

Remember the vacant seat on the Court? The one that the Senate refused to fill? Good news! You can bet it will get filled with someone who will side with Walmart and Wells-Fargo when they come to take your house away.

Remember the Bush administration? Remember Dick Cheney and Dennis Hastert? They're all back!

So, in the interest of nostalgia, and remembering the good ol' days, here is a list of what the Bush administration did that you can expect the Trump/Ryan administration to repeat:

• Lower taxes for the ultra-rich, exploding the deficit.
• Give $600 to the rest of you, which you have to give it back at the end of the year.
• Leave AMT where it is, raising your taxes. Remember: The rich don't pay AMT! Only you do!
• De-fund Amtrak, raising airline ticket prices.
• De-fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (e.g. Downton Abbey, Sesame Street).
• De-fund the National Parks.
• Tell the oil drillers that they can do whatever they want, resulting in drilling and fracking right outside your home, and new earthquake fields.
• Buy up all the surplus oil - with your tax dollars! - and put it in the National Reserve, sending gasoline back to all time highs.
• Tell the banks that they can do whatever they want, resulting in the biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression.
• Go to sleep on the job, resulting in the biggest terrorist attack in America's history.
• Invade a country for the purpose of financially benefiting the members of the Administration.

You can bet that they'll add:

• Repeal the Affordable Care Act, killing any chance for 20 million Americans to get health insurance.
• Remember those tech companies you revile with a jealous tinge? No Cadillac tax for them! Yay!
• Expel illegal immigrants, raising the price of food.
• Raise tariffs on Chinese goods, making a hair dryer cost more than a clothes dryer.

Congratulations, America! You earned it!