What I believed for more than 70 years is non-existent today. The dream of our founding fathers in no longer a reality. This has been true for decades, but with Trump as the illegitimate leader of our nation it has been confirmed and no longer hidden from the majority of our citizens. The god of our government and less than ten percent of our nation’s people is money. Capitalism has destroyed everything which might have made America a great country.

The Trump administration’s efforts have all been an attempt to protect the bloated profits of less than 10 percent of the American people. The ‘shutdown’ of our government was detrimental to the success of the one-percent and Republicans were desperate to end the process. For the wealthy, the stock market is paramount.

This last year has proven that America will never be a great country. Capitalism has created income inequality. White supremacists who hid in the shadows for years are now supported by the man who is soiling the sheets in the White House. Attacks on the truth; the first amendment, are increasing because the truth will defeat those in power.

I am devoted to revealing all of the truth. The only reason Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer capitulated to Republican demands and ended the government shutdown was based on the fears of Democratic candidates who feared damage to their reelection campaigns. Everything in Washington politics is based on money and power and not integrity, morals, or simply doing the right thing. Nothing matters more in America than monetary success. This makes our nation the most immoral nation in the world. We have 585 billionaires and 10.7 million millionaires in the United States.

One-half of all Americans are considered low-income, including more than 49 million Americans who struggle to survive below the poverty line. This is the greatest crime in our nation and is the responsibility of our nation’s government which ignores the fact that the American people are not the priority of our elected officials; our leaders have failed to perform the jobs for which they were elected. When the quality of life of all of a nation’s people is ignored, that country is a disgrace to humanity. This is the United States of America in 2018.

If you disagree with me, you are another of the millions of Americans who choose to be uninformed about the truth. The working class is engaged in a war for our survival. Our numbers are substantial, but if we fail to be united, our government will devolve into a fascist regime under the control of Donald Trump and his surrogate Vladimir Putin. The people have one last chance to save America, and that is the November 6, 2018 election. Our vote can restore America. We are the soldiers who can defeat the enemy. Trump will be powerless without the control of the House and Senate. Revolution is the answer; join and become a true patriot.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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