armeleia:

Lately I am constantly noticing how much we are expected to provide for each other while the government is just cheerfully spending money on shit we don’t need and protecting the wealthy.

We’re all trying to raise money for Puerto Rico through art fundraisers and portions of our shop sales while Trump goes on million dollar golf vacation after million dollar golf vacation. Whenever I have a shop fill, I’m tossing money into strangers’ kofi or gofundme to help buy groceries or medical care… all the while the Republicans find ways to cut healthcare and entitlements.

It’s not that I mind kicking into help my fellow man. It’s that I can’t help but feel the deep wrongness of increasing military spending when we have hungry kids and failing schools. I can’t fathom giving tax cuts to the wealthy when people are literally dying from lack of health insurance.

It just makes me feel so tired and so powerless.