How we got to where we are today

    The past few weeks watching the Trump Administration's response to the corona virus pandemic I remember the Republican philosophy that may help explain where we are today.  In Ronald Reagan's first Inaugural Address he said, "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem."  This attitude to government has been a Republican philosophy, except when it came to the military.  It has culminated in Trump's attack on any part of the government that wasn't slavishly following him. You never know when this philosophy will lead us into a crisis but now might be a good time to have a competent government to protect us.


P.S.
    Speaking of protecting us, compare the budgets of the Pentagon and the Centers for Disease Control.  CDC--1.2 billion dollars.  Pentagon 704 billion dollars which is 37% of the World's total military budget.  The Trump Administration proposed a 15% cut to the CDC budget for FY2021.  Our day of reckoning on our distorted priorities is here.