Marveling at how much he has declined. I didn't watch presidential debates when I was young.
Timestamped part: after just talking about his plan to lower taxes for companies, he complains about America looking like a third world country, the horrible state of the airports (comparing them to other countries') and roads, "and we've spent six trillion dollars in the Middle East according to a report that I just saw -- whether it's six or five, but it looks like it's six -- six trillion dollars. We could have rebuilt our country twice, and it's really a shame..."
What has he built? What did his trickle down do for the country? But that's Republicans. Good at complaining and criticizing, but no actual plans. I know they do hate seeing the country rot, which makes them more traitorous. They'll tolerate traveling over broken roads and through decrepit, run down places full of homeless and mentally ill people that they have to be protected from if it means more money for themselves and their friends. It makes no sense. If I was obscenely wealthy, I would still want to see nice things. How long can you go from one mansion to another, from party to play to restaurant, trying not to look out your limo window in between, before the interiors make you claustrophobic and you decide that you've had enough of this ugly country? How do voters keep falling for trickle down?
After ignoring them for days, I gave in and signed two petitions outside of the supermarket yesterday, one for lowering the local train fairs and the other for taxing billionaires, the latter of which will certainly be sabotaged by the Democrat governor again. But I said to the woman with all the petitions that if we want them to listen to us what we really need is a national strike. I didn't elaborate because she had no concept of what I was talking about. She carried on with her small talk. "How's your day going? You from here?"
