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| We may fantasize, but is it worth our cash? |
They’re coming to me in this weekend when I have to make my annual accounting to the Internal Revenue Service as to how successful I have been financially as a freelance writer, and I have to “pay up!” my share to the government.
SO
THE IDEA that I have anything to spare right now, other than marking that one
box on the tax return that asks if I’m willing to kick in $3 to the presidential
election campaign fund, borders on being humorous.
Although
to tell you the truth, a part of me is so appalled by the way the electoral
process turned out this past cycle that I don’t know if I want to make the
symbolic gesture that is supposed to benefit all of the general election
candidates.
A
part of me finds the CHC Bold PAC’s request for as little as a $1 donation to
be more worthwhile, although if one reads their e-mail, it is quite clear they’re
more than willing to take significantly larger donations.
And,
of course, the group that wants to promote Latino political involvement in
Congress is using a common tactic – they say their records show I have made “no
donation” to their effort.
WHOSE
PURPOSE IS to promote the concept of impeaching Donald Trump. Which personally
is a goal I think will turn out to be pointless. So I’m not about to give up
any cash, and not just because I’m a reporter-type person who never gives to
such causes.
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| Do you really think Las Vegas ... |
If
the House of Representatives were to vote to impeach and the Senate were to
preside over a trial, it would be because the conservative ideologues in charge
there would think Trump isn’t being irrational enough in his political thought.
So Impeaching Trump, for those of us with a touch of rationality in our thought, just isn’t worth our time or money.
NOT THAT I’M saying we ought to blindly be following The Donald’s lead. We ought to be letting him know at every opportunity that he does not speak for the majority of our society.
So Impeaching Trump, for those of us with a touch of rationality in our thought, just isn’t worth our time or money.
NOT THAT I’M saying we ought to blindly be following The Donald’s lead. We ought to be letting him know at every opportunity that he does not speak for the majority of our society.
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| ... and Bernie Sanders go well together? |
Which
is the focus of another pair of e-mails I have received during the past couple
of days from the Democratic National Committee – one from the party itself and
another from new Chairman Tom Perez.
It
seems in exchange for my contribution of as little as $3 (or as much as $100,
or more, if I wish), I can be entered in a contest of sorts along with other
Democratic Party faithful.
The
prize? An all-expense-paid trip to Las Vegas (and NOT the one in Illinois –
remember the old “Green Acres” episode?) where one can participate in a Come
Together and Fight Back rally with Perez and (drumroll, please!!!) Sen. Bernie
Sanders.
HE
BEING THE Democratic Socialist who, after years of trying to maintain his
distance from the Democratic Party, decided he wanted the party’s presidential
nomination.
Or,
he being the guy who couldn’t even beat Hillary Clinton in the primary – even though
there are some political operatives who want to spin the line that Clinton was
the candidate so weak she couldn’t even beat Donald Trump come the November
general election.
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| Should 5 percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all |
The party claims they’ll pay the flight and hotel costs of someone to participate in the rally – getting to see the political process in action. Although to tell the truth, the idea of spending time in Las Vegas with the senator from Vermont seems less than enticing.
Even
if the IRS (and the Illinois Department of Revenue) weren’t about to take my
spare money, I think I would have no problem taking a pass on either of these
offers. While I now turn to the wise words of wisdom of George Harrison.
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