I am sick to the core with what has become of our country. The breakneck speed with which the national debt has soared while the golden boy and his henchmen, as promised early on by his chief strategist Steve Bannon, go about “dismantling the administrative state” and undermining us on the global stage. Add to that, essential services must now be carried on by unpaid federal employees. Anyone who thinks this doesn't affect them is asleep at the wheel.