How the Republican party left me
For the past couple decades, I have felt that the Republican party aligns more much closely with my own beliefs than the Democrat party. I've always admired what the Democrat party stood for, but it seemed to me that they promise all great things and then get in office and seemingly try to destroy our country while doing nothing for the people they promised to help. I jumped ship but now the Republican party seems to have aligned herself with the Democrats. Sure, politicians align themselves with the popular aspects of one party to get elected and then, pretty much do whatever they want in office. Voting records and bills presented have no correlation with the values of those who elected them. It is almost as if it doesn't matter who we elect, because once they are in, they just start blowing money on whatever they want. I'm not sure how after countless examples of huge governments failing miserably, that so many people desire this so much. It seems like having basic fr