Actually, DO remember this sinking feeling come November.

The dead voters that voted in 2020 are still laughing at us

And the ones that were merely brain-dead are probably going to vote for Dementia Man again and yet . . . somehow expect a different outcome.

I think a lot more are finally getting it now...

Aside from getting mugged, nothing reflects reality like one's bank account so far as important decisions are concerned.

The entire country got mugged, they call it Bidenomics but a crime is a crime no matter what it is called. The left really stepped in the mess they spread, people are hurting, food shortages and food insecurity is a nationwide problem. I have been giving away my excess for years and people that never asked for help in the past are hitting me up, for the first time in my life I am thinking about turning people away. I will not, but I am thinking about it.

Careful . . . the Catholic Church makes people destroying themselves through excessive alms giving into saints. You owe it to you own family to use common sense in that regard. Maybe start handing some of them a list of charitable organizations in the local region to spread the giving.

I use a simple method, if person that has never asked for anything shows up asking for help, helping them is almost always an automatic yes. The people that hit me up often are given work to do, most of them never come back. A few families already know when I cull beef they will get meat, eggs and other things we have in excess are sporadic.

There are two types of people that ask for help: those that want a hand up, they will work it off or pay it back.

The others are leaches, they demand you elevate them and help them get everything they want, basically typical democrats. If you help them once they will return over and over, each time demanding more. They get cut off or sent to an area church for help. I always laugh when they get angry because I will not pay their bills. I am all over helping people that are making a real effort, but I will also let them live under a bridge and never think of them again if they are leaches.

Work out here is hard and it helps separate the groups. If they really want to change their life, we give them hard back breaking work (same stuff we do), the ones that work out can move up quickly. The others refuse and walk away. They are someone else's problems now.

Side note, I helped a soldier with a $500 loan, I never expected to see him again, but he paid me back. I bought a fraction of bitcoin, that paid me back a few times over. Sometimes people earn a place in our social circle and become part of the solution. Common problems are getting easier, because we have a network of people that repair things and on occasion just buy them what they need, that is usually special cases like widows.

I know this is a long explanation, but I really think the people living outside of major cities are the kinder, more helpful and have better lives.

As always . . . well said.