Earlier this week, I went out to lunch with two friends, and one of them unexpectedly went off about Trump and how much she hated him and how she didn't understand how anyone who's a Church member could support him. I was a little shocked by the level of her anger about him (and she clearly didn't realize that I'm a Trump supporter 😬), but I wasn't really offended and am used to hearing things like this. I noticed that most of her attacks against him were of a personal nature. I don't like everything about Trump either, but in the end I just want someone who can run the country effectively. I don't believe he's a criminal or an instigator of revolutions, but I can see why people think that, especially with how he's constantly portrayed in the news (and to be fair, sometimes he does or says stupid things and is his own worst enemy).
I didn't say too much because I could tell that given the level of her vitriol, it wouldn't have been a fun or pleasant debate by any means, but I did point out that many people will vote for Trump simply because of the economy since they were faring much better financially under him than they have under Biden. I didn't bring up immigration, but that's another major reason why he has the support he does. The economy and immigration: Biden hasn't done well with these, particularly the latter, and he could lose the election because of it. People generally care about their security the most, and the economy and the country certainly aren't as safe and secure as they were a few years ago (not that they were super safe or secure then, either, but it's gotten a lot worse).
When I brought up the above point about the economy, my friend didn't want to talk about it anymore, and the mostly one-sided conversation ended. I feel like this happens frequently when people who are on the more liberal side are confronted with differing viewpoints; they don't really want to engage any longer. Whereas those on the conservative side (like me) are exposed to differing viewpoints all the time because they're everywhere, so we're a lot more used to it.
Anyway, that's just a quick little intro into today's Crazy Times post. I still love my friend, and hopefully she feels the same way about me, although she may be a little suspicious now about my political affiliations. 😆 Which is fine, I am who I am, and I like who I am and what I believe. I certainly would never end a friendship or a relationship over someone's political beliefs, no matter how much I disagreed with them, unless they were super militant, confrontational, or disrespectful about it on a regular basis.
Anyway, I continue to have this feeling that the waste is going to hit the oscillating device in some big way later this year.
The Economy
The recent jobs reports are a farce. They gloss over a lot of things, like the number of people who have stopped trying to find work or who have taken part-time jobs instead of full-time. The economy isn't nearly as strong as the government would like Americans to believe it is.
