Politics

ESPN often has a segment called “come on man”. There is an implied “you gotta be kidding me” following it. I see things in politics that I feel this way about. I am neither Republican nor Democrat, and find good things and bad things in each philosophy. This polarization in politics is difficult for me to reconcile. You are either one or the other and have to deal with anger from the other side. That being said I need to say that I’m neither for nor against the individuals mentioned here.

Hillary Clinton criticized people who make 300 times the average annual salary of a worker. I asked what Bill and Hillary have for net worth. The answer was approximately 120 million. Doing the math I come up with $400,000 as 1/300. So if you have $400,000 in your 401(k) you are in this group. To this I say “you gotta be kidding me”. Aren’t the Clintons in the same privilege group that Hillary criticizes?

Donald Trump seems to do nothing but mock and criticize others. I have worked with people like Donald Trump. They mock and criticize everyone else but if they are pressed for an idea of their own they never have any. Oftentimes they say that’s not my job. Pretty worthless and I say “you gotta be kidding me”.

These people are politicians and as such talk for a living. Mostly their talk is cheap and I don’t expect much more than we get from them. I have been reading in the book of Luke lately and it made it to chapter 20. Jesus said “render unto Caesar the things that be Caesar’s”. As a Christian in a democratic republic that the United States is today I do not find it easy to settle on a position. We have many freedoms as Christians and so the level of responsibility of walking in this world and it’s seemingly crazy politics can only be guided by prayer, reading the word and trusting in the Savior.