I “felt” government under Obama from the ACA and recession. I felt it when I lost my job, we lost our private health insurance due directly to ACA policy (I was pregnant), the unsustainable costs each month, then the baby’s birth and $15k in deductibles, and ...
we felt it on our taxes (which took us several years to pay off) when got stuck in a vicious cycle fees and penalties.

We were so traumatized my husband left his job and took a huge pay cut so we could have decent health insurance. THAT WEEK I lost my job again. ....
We somehow fucking made it—barely. I remember my mom giving us $20 and I made a spaghetti dinner. We were that broke.

My husband’s pay eventually went up to where he was previously. Trump got elected. We got a HUGE tax return for the first time in YEARS. Besides ....
all the cultural issues, ask me why I’m voting Trump. This is why. I’m working class.
We actually pre-foreclosed on our house—twice. Both times we dug our way back. They worked with us because they didn’t want another empty house. I cannot express to you the absolute panic of nearly losing your home when you have a child. I remember not being able to breathe.
We made it. I’m not letting it go for violent revolutionaries.
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