Quote Originally Posted by frugal-one View Post
Parts of our country are feeling this effect! It is not at all safe and secure here. This does invade one’s “mental peace” for now and, possibly, the future. So in some respects our “wealth” is compromised!
Mine is not compromised.

I knew people who lived 1000 miles from Manhattan after the twin towers fiasco who lost their mental peace and were fearful of going into any high-rise building.

Our fears are feelings, they are not facts. That doesn’t mean they should not be respected because they should be. Cue up the book “the gift of fear.” But these feelings should not be sole determinants of actions.

you would like what Senator Rand Paul had to say about Homeland Security. He’s very unhappy with ICE activity, and he spoke strongly against Congressional increase of funding Homeland Security months ago because he said it would give them lots of power to do some of the things they are doing now.

Rand is the only politician I give money to.

But congratulations on turning this into a thread about Donald J Trump. I was thinking more of Afghanistan, where women are beaten and jailed for making the mistake of revealing an arm or hairline when they’re in public. The Iranian student protesters. Etc.,