The countdown is over, and hopefully, we’re about to have a historical event of electing a female president. The U.S. is behind compared to other nations, like the United Kingdom, which have elected a female prime minister to run their country.
It’s about time we have a female president run our country. This country had very few male presidents toward the end of the 20th century who, in my opinion, looked out for all people. Most presidents only looked out for big corporations, and some presidents suddenly had big bank accounts after leaving office.
Larry Hogan and Angela Alsobrooks ran for the U.S. Senate. Alsobrooks is more down to earth with the people. She talks about the cost of living hurting everybody. This is why we have a growing number of people ending up homeless in the whole country. Homelessness is a huge issue that can’t be ignored.
Food prices have gotten out of hand. So what if you raise SNAP benefits? They still don’t cover all of your food needs.
The packaging industry literally came up with the idea to create smaller bags of sugar or sell half of a bag of potato chips. The price of things is clinking upwards instead of downwards. Paychecks aren’t matching rents, mortgages, or food.
It seems that some of our elected officials are only interested in lining their pockets with big bucks by passing bills for big corporations.
What I want to see in the next three years is a lot more progress in food prices — either they come down or companies bring back the old pound of sugar, flour, etc. for these outrageous prices. Put people into homes and apartments that match their income. Nobody was born in the streets or in a tent.
Abortion laws should be put back in place. A lot of women will be dying because abortions are no longer legal to be performed by professional doctors in some states. Women will go find someone who isn’t a doctor to do it.
Gun laws are an issue. Anybody can get a gun. The Second Amendment was talking about “musket guns” not magazines that can kill 20 or more people in less than five minutes. This gun issue has been going on since John F. Kennedy was president and Congress still can’t come up with a plan to get guns off the streets. I would like to see more bills passed for us little people, not big corporations!
Aida Peery is an artist/vendor with Street Sense.
