Key

Day 108: Y'know that sickening feeling you get when you've lost your keys? This is the one I'm most afraid of losing, and I am damn close. A friend who works for a county agency in another state just emailed me that many of their programs are being shut down, effective immediately. Among those being axed are HeadStart, adult literacy, licensed daycare centers and domestic violence shelters. Seasonal hiring has been suspended for National Parks, and we were already understaffed due to budget cuts. Retirement benefits are on the line for many of my friends and colleagues. As a volunteer, I am not personally threatened on that score, but with my only source of income being the pittance Social Security doles out, I feel the Sword of Damocles hanging over my head. I don't like politicizing my posts, but I do not believe I have a single friend who will not be touched adversely in some major way by the actions of the Felon-in-Chief. And you over there, you filthy magat! What are you going to do when the welfare check doesn't arrive and your kid gets sick with measles or polio? Is that what it's going to take to open your eyes?