These days, since Trump was elected and the GOP is in the majority, I have neither the time nor the inclination to argue points with conservative people who support Trump and the GOP's policies and their goals for our country.
I think enough time has passed, since the inauguration, for all of us to see exactly what kind of goals the new administration has set for our country and what kind of policies they plan to implement. Enough has already happened in Washington DC so that all of us have seen what the GOP plans to do while they are in the majority and how low they will stoop in order to see their wishes and desires done. We've seen also that they have no problem at all voting on issues/bills exactly the opposite that the vast majority of their constituents, and even their supporters, want to see done in Washington.
It appears, based on hundreds if not thousands of interactions with those who still support Trump, his regime and the GOP, that the general sentiment today is that we don't need or want any government programs to exist or be implemented that help people live a decent life. The general consensus seems to be, among the conservatives I've interacted with, that if someone isn't wealthy, or at least living comfortably, then that's their problem and if whoever isn't wealthy would just get up off of their lazy (and usually 'brown') asses all of their problems would be solved. So, now the GOP with Trumps new tax 'reform' has gifted the most wealthy, the most fortunate, in our country and has left anyone making less than $100,000 a year on their own without any support or even a hand up from the government. This of course includes their plan to begin work to destroy Medicaid and Social Security, viewing both as 'entitlements/charity' even though those who will benefit PAID INTO IT, so that they can take even more programs and support away from those less fortunate in our country.
The greed is palpable as Trump, the GOP and Trumps base insist that not a penny of their taxes go to help anyone but themselves individually. We can argue with them but they aren't going to change their minds, at least not until a 'program' that they need has been grossly underfunded or even eliminated and they are left with no option except to live in the streets. At that time, should it come, we can expect them to blame Obama, Clinton or all liberals as the cause for their misfortune. While for me, as a caring compassionate human being, I wouldn't wish homelessness even on those who would gladly take my Social Security and Medicaid from me in my future.
So based on my personal experience with most conservative people out there I understand that appealing to their better humanity won't work and only serves to make them even more hateful toward anyone who would remind them that having programs that help struggling people get on their feet, that help people with disabilities to live a decent life, that provide healthcare insurance to millions of children, that help people get a higher education, that act as a safety net to millions of people who would find themselves in the streets otherwise are NOT charity, are NOT making people lazy, are NOT coddling the weaker among us but are positively, absolutely the RIGHT THING TO DO as human beings.
In the end I sincerely hope that sooner or later those who today insist that their tax dollars are not to be used to help anyone with brown skin, anyone who isn't as well off as they are or anyone who needs a hand up to survive one day find within themselves that spark of humanity that today they seem to be ignoring. It's there. It's within each and every one of us. It doesn't some from god or some deity, it comes from being a human being and we all have it within ourselves.
