More than half of the $23 million-plus [Trump] raised has come from people who identify their occupation as “retired.” Other titles of people who gave the most contributions in aggregate include “attorney,” “CEO,” “sales” and “home maker.”
More than half of the $23 million-plus [Trump] raised has come from people who identify their occupation as “retired.” Other titles of people who gave the most contributions in aggregate include “attorney,” “CEO,” “sales” and “home maker.”
I saw this shift with my father as his age made him have to spend more time at home and less being physically active. He’d once given a pan-handler a twenty dollar bill when I was a young adult. I asked why so much. The answer: “If he’s going to humble himself by coming to me to ask, he clearly needs it more than me.”
I asked if it bothered him that it might be spent on drugs or alcohol. The answer: “If that’s what he needs to get through the night, it’s not for me to judge him.” This quick exchange had a profound impact on me. I tried to model my values on it going forward. It taught me a lot about compassion.
Years later, he thought Trump was a joke in 2016. By 2020, his health in decline, he was on the Trump bandwagon. It made me so sad.