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The Republicans are awfully quick to attack the Biden’s for grifting.

Let’s not forget that Ivanka and Kuchner made $36 million from forgeign businesses and investments thanks to Donald Trump’s presidency.

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Republicans wanted Obama to resign when the USA had 2 Ebola deaths.

210,000 Americans died under Trump’s watch, and Republicans worship him like a god.

Interesting, isn’t it?

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America’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Future

Our futures are, put simply, absolutely f**ked. 

Throughout most of my early childhood, I looked forward to growing up.

I was excited to go to college, get a job, buy a house, and pursue my career. I want to be a novelist and filmmaker, and perhaps a career in politics. At the time, I thought the U.S Government knew how to provide, to protect, and open doors to great opportunities for aspiring youngsters like myself.

Boy, was I wrong.

This year, 2020, has proven just how weak and flawed the U.S Government is, and how most of those who serve in it only care about their personal political gain. Not to mention, the politicians in DC are utter hypocrites. And in all honesty, I don’t think they give a rat’s ass about me.

Pelosi going to a hair salon without a mask. Trump going on dozens of golf trips. Mitch McConnell blocking stimulus bills, and going on vacation. They all are just poorly developed characters in the horrendous soap opera that has become everyday American politics. Meanwhile, my parents are struggling to provide for me and my six younger siblings. I had a job working for a local newspaper, but now I’m unemployed. And I’ve had a very, very difficult time trying to find a decent job to help out my family.

My family isn’t the only one suffering. I know a man lives in Alabama with his daughter, and they’re barely making ends meet. They were homeless for a while, and now they can barely pay their electric bill, water bill, and pay for food. A local cafe–run by a lovely couple I know–shut down for good due to lack of financial help from the government. And just the other day, in my town, I saw a homeless veteran sleeping on a bench, shivering. He wasn’t homeless nor jobless before. Thanks to the monumental failure of the U.S government, he’s miserable. So are millions of other people.

Seeing all of this unfold before me is terrifying. I constantly wonder what my future will be like: will I be able to go to college? Or get a house? Or pursue my dreams? And what about my friends? And my family? 

I’m sure you find yourself wondering the same thing.

Almost half of jobs lost to COVID-19 are gone for good. 78% of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck, and 57% couldn’t afford an unexpected $500 bill—and this was BEFORE COVID-19.

40% of American home-renters are at risk of eviction. According to recent Census data, levels of food insecurity in Black and Latino households are significantly higher, at 19% and 17%. White households are at 7%. In 2019, 1% of adults with children said that their children sometimes or often went hungry. Between 9% and 14% of the aforementioned adults said the same about their kids in August of 2020.

Millions of Americans are at risk of losing their healthcare. Especially now that Trump wants to repeal the ACA. Unemployment benefits will not last forever.

Not to mention, Amazon continues to soak up $20billion a year in business—even before the pandemic. Dozens of big businesses are at risk of being eaten alive by Amazon, and those businesses include: Auto Parts, Kroger, Barnes and Noble, Best Buy, Blue Apron, Etsy, FedEx, and thousands of smaller businesses. Amazon and other giant corporations have made billions upon billions during this crisis.

Levels depression, drug usage, drug overdoses, anxiety and financial stress is at record highs, even more so than they were last year. Those numbers have more than likely tripled over the past months.

The American people need money NOW. My family needs money. My friends need money. But the U.S government only sent out one round of stimulus checks. One. Round. Politicians don’t seem to care what happens to us, as long as their $100k+ salaries aren’t harmed. President Trump only payed $750 in federal income taxes in 2016-17. My dad, a carpenter, payed more than that. Not to mention Trump flat-out lied about his tax returns.

Trump clashes with the media. Pelosi and McConnell and the other politicians bicker like bratty children as Americans are starving, and desperate to survive and struggling to make ends meet. People made at risk of losing their homes. Millions of jobs are gone, and many will never come back. Automation is going to surge, eliminating even more jobs. Hundreds of thousands of Mom and Pop businesses are going to be obliterated. Small communities—like mine—are going to suffer miserably.

People like me, a 16 year-old Boy Scout, and the rest of my generation will inherit this bleak future. Joblessness. Risk of homelessness. Financial stress. We’re going to inherit an economy that doesn’t give a single damn about the people.

I don’t want this future. You don’t want this future.

I want to pursue my dream of filmmaking and writing novels. I don’t want to be a servant of an economy with an ever-growing appetite.

We need to pass UBI. We need Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend, $1,000 every month.

We need an economy that values us, the people. It’s every person, not every dollar. People have WAY more value than money.

Congress, the Senate, and President Trump need to realize this. If they don’t, they’re going to be responsible for the bleak future that may lie ahead. They’re already responsible for the crap that’s happening now.

Change needs to happen. Change is coming. In fact, change is already happening. We can either adapt to it, merge with it in a way that benefits all Americans. Or, we can do nothing—like the U.S government is doing—and be eaten alive by it. 

The government can’t seem to do it. So, that means we have to take the wheel. This is our generation. The future is ours. So let’s work together and make it work for all of us. 

Let’s make America truly happy.

Let’s move humanity forward.

Our time is now.

Onward.

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The problem with humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions, and god-like technology.

E. O. Wilson

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Pence Doesn't Know what Science is...

During the VP debate last night, Mike Pence managed to completely avoid questions about climate change, and seemed to worry more about the economy. Cause, ya know, the EConoMy matters more than the life of people and he entire freaking planet, right?

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America’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Future

Our futures are, put simply, absolutely f**ked. 

Throughout most of my early childhood, I looked forward to growing up.

I was excited to go to college, get a job, buy a house, and pursue my career. I want to be a novelist and filmmaker, and perhaps a career in politics. At the time, I thought the U.S Government knew how to provide, to protect, and open doors to great opportunities for aspiring youngsters like myself.

Boy, was I wrong.

This year, 2020, has proven just how weak and flawed the U.S Government is, and how most of those who serve in it only care about their personal political gain. Not to mention, the politicians in DC are utter hypocrites. And in all honesty, I don’t think they give a rat’s ass about me.

Pelosi going to a hair salon without a mask. Trump going on dozens of golf trips. Mitch McConnell blocking stimulus bills, and going on vacation. They all are just poorly developed characters in the horrendous soap opera that has become everyday American politics. Meanwhile, my parents are struggling to provide for me and my six younger siblings. I had a job working for a local newspaper, but now I’m unemployed. And I’ve had a very, very difficult time trying to find a decent job to help out my family.

My family isn’t the only one suffering. I know a man lives in Alabama with his daughter, and they’re barely making ends meet. They were homeless for a while, and now they can barely pay their electric bill, water bill, and pay for food. A local cafe--run by a lovely couple I know--shut down for good due to lack of financial help from the government. And just the other day, in my town, I saw a homeless veteran sleeping on a bench, shivering. He wasn’t homeless nor jobless before. Thanks to the monumental failure of the U.S government, he’s miserable. So are millions of other people.

Seeing all of this unfold before me is terrifying. I constantly wonder what my future will be like: will I be able to go to college? Or get a house? Or pursue my dreams? And what about my friends? And my family? 

I’m sure you find yourself wondering the same thing.

Almost half of jobs lost to COVID-19 are gone for good. 78% of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck, and 57% couldn’t afford an unexpected $500 bill—and this was BEFORE COVID-19.

40% of American home-renters are at risk of eviction. According to recent Census data, levels of food insecurity in Black and Latino households are significantly higher, at 19% and 17%. White households are at 7%. In 2019, 1% of adults with children said that their children sometimes or often went hungry. Between 9% and 14% of the aforementioned adults said the same about their kids in August of 2020.

Millions of Americans are at risk of losing their healthcare. Especially now that Trump wants to repeal the ACA. Unemployment benefits will not last forever.

Not to mention, Amazon continues to soak up $20billion a year in business—even before the pandemic. Dozens of big businesses are at risk of being eaten alive by Amazon, and those businesses include: Auto Parts, Kroger, Barnes and Noble, Best Buy, Blue Apron, Etsy, FedEx, and thousands of smaller businesses. Amazon and other giant corporations have made billions upon billions during this crisis.

Levels depression, drug usage, drug overdoses, anxiety and financial stress is at record highs, even more so than they were last year. Those numbers have more than likely tripled over the past months.

The American people need money NOW. My family needs money. My friends need money. But the U.S government only sent out one round of stimulus checks. One. Round. Politicians don’t seem to care what happens to us, as long as their $100k+ salaries aren’t harmed. President Trump only payed $750 in federal income taxes in 2016-17. My dad, a carpenter, payed more than that. Not to mention Trump flat-out lied about his tax returns.

Trump clashes with the media. Pelosi and McConnell and the other politicians bicker like bratty children as Americans are starving, and desperate to survive and struggling to make ends meet. People made at risk of losing their homes. Millions of jobs are gone, and many will never come back. Automation is going to surge, eliminating even more jobs. Hundreds of thousands of Mom and Pop businesses are going to be obliterated. Small communities—like mine—are going to suffer miserably.

People like me, a 16 year-old Boy Scout, and the rest of my generation will inherit this bleak future. Joblessness. Risk of homelessness. Financial stress. We’re going to inherit an economy that doesn’t give a single damn about the people.

I don’t want this future. You don’t want this future.

I want to pursue my dream of filmmaking and writing novels. I don’t want to be a servant of an economy with an ever-growing appetite.

We need to pass UBI. We need Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend, $1,000 every month.

We need an economy that values us, the people. It’s every person, not every dollar. People have WAY more value than money.

Congress, the Senate, and President Trump need to realize this. If they don’t, they’re going to be responsible for the bleak future that may lie ahead. They’re already responsible for the crap that’s happening now.

Change needs to happen. Change is coming. In fact, change is already happening. We can either adapt to it, merge with it in a way that benefits all Americans. Or, we can do nothing—like the U.S government is doing—and be eaten alive by it. 

The government can’t seem to do it. So, that means we have to take the wheel. This is our generation. The future is ours. So let’s work together and make it work for all of us. 

Let’s make America truly happy.

Let’s move humanity forward.

Our time is now.

Onward.