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Personal Narrative: Trump And Pence Signs

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It amazes me as I drive through the country in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula how many Trump/Pence signs I come across. What I find most interesting is the condition of the property of these homes, not gold encrusted, in fact much like my own a money pit. The homes and/or vehicles can be telling, not always, but usually the income and lifestyle of the people whom inhabit these homes. It appears that some people feel electing a person that is ostentatiously much wealthier than the rest of us is for some reason a good idea. Putting sexism and racism aside there are some who find this very quality, his obnoxious apparent wealth, a great thing for our country’s leader.
I know it is challenging to get ahead in the world, however has this not always …show more content…

One, yes things are more expensive in some cases, like a new truck (ridiculous). The problem I see is that we can’t have our cake and eat it too. Trump says he wants to bring jobs back to the US, or at least keep them here which is great. However, one substantial reason the jobs leave is to allow companies to hire dirt cheap labor. So if companies cannot outsource cheap labor we will pay more for our stuff. So instead of yelling nonsense about walls and “made in America” let’s consider real policy change and pay every human what they are worth. If we are all paid what we are worth think of the number of consumers you will create to buy stuff from all over the world. In the end, stuff may be more expensive, but do we really need more and more crap? Do we need new cars all the time? Do we need to keep filling our landfills with the outdated IPhone 7’s? Do we need to throw away twenty pounds of food away every month, per person? …show more content…

I do find it hard to believe that Trump, has any idea what making money to this person means. He may be a business man, but it is impossible for us all to be millionaires. Impossible! I continuously hear that he will run our country like a business. I just want to point out two things at this time, I own a small business, and how is it going to help me if the federal government balances their budget? If you consider the austerity that will happen in order to balance the budget it will probably severely hurt me and my customers! Second problem I have is the very premise that our government should be run like a business. We are a group of people that need security and some assistance in running its complex human geography. If we run it like a business, like the prison system is trying and failing to do, you know who Trump will “fire”? Those that are not contributing significantly to the US economy, those that are most vulnerable; that’s the poor, mentally ill and children and next on the list are people that drive trucks like the one in the picture and mine. Businesses are run to be efficient and lean… to make money, without regard to human rights. That was the entire premise of his book and his TV

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