Voters will suffer the consequences

America has voted and America will soon squeal, but not understand what is happening to them.

Shut down the 'guvmint?” No problem. Re-elect them. Impeach a president on phony charges? Good idea. Let's re-elect them. Repeal Affordable Care Act? No problem. Re-elect them. Dismantle Medicare and Social Security? No problem. Seniors will re-elect you in droves. Start yet another war? No problem. Re-elect them. Cause a near depression? No problem. Re-elect them. Send jobs overseas? No problem. Re-elect the job creators. Destroy your worker rights and keep the minimum wage low? No problem. Re-elect them. Put corporate friendly justices on the Supreme Court? No problem. Corporations are people too and mountains of money are good for our political system and we love all those ads so re-elect them.

Climate change? We all know humans aren't the cause and we want our cheap gas so re-elect them and get rid of the Environmental Protection Agency. Finally, education? Let's privatize it and get rid of the Department of Education. Kansas and Texas are doing so well, so re-elect them.

Joe Page

Iowa City