Ok, I’ve heard a lot, read a lot, and now it’s my turn.
I’m 94 years old and have been voting since I was 21, the then voting age. Lived under 16 presidents (8 democrats, 8 republications) and have made some good and bad choices.
But, let me say that I have voted for Donald Trump twice; it will never happen again. I’m really not satisfied with either choice, but I have to make a choice.
We talk about inflation, the price of gas, the price of eggs, and you blame the president, but neither party has had anything to do with that. We did!
We were never happy with what we had. We wanted something better, $5 an hour wasn’t enough, we wanted $10. A worker in a retail store now earns $21 an hour, and when I started working, my salary was 25 cents an hour. My military pay was $75 a month. My mayor pay was $75 a year.
Now, as a child growing up in the Depression, it was a different story. I recall my father working as a farm hand for 50 cents an hour. My uncles worked or $1 a day. We made out.
Then came Franklin Roosevelt. The New Deal. WPA. CC camps and things began to turn around and then World War II. Everything was diverted to the war effort. Wages and prices were frozen. Ration books were the thing of the day. Only so little available.
A pair of overalls was about $.50, loaf of bread, 11 cents. We made out and were always happy when the relief truck came. Rice, cheese, peanut butter, sometimes some vegetables, lard. We survived. We made do.
So much for history.
I will NOT be voting for Donald Trump. To me, he only thinks of himself as a lair. A convicted felon, prohibited from doing business in New York, facing multiple charges, awaiting sentencing.
Too bad the sentencing hasn’t happened. Why wait until after the election? If he was to win, he’d pardon himself. If he was to lose, he’d say the election was rigged, stolen, etc.
I think it’s time for a change. Too many people have been in office too long. Term limits should be put in place for all elected officials. Some are way past retirement age.
I hope we’re still friends. We can have different thoughts and ideas and still be able to talk and be with one another.
George Spray
Grand Prairie, Texas
(formerly of Wapella)