It is the time of the year for charity donations and it is never too soon for a new year’s resolution. Most of us are very different from Trump who is not charitable and should inspire us to run for political office even if we have never run for anything before just like him.  We learned that Trump did a speech to the Boy Scouts of America that was so offensive that the organization apologized to the Scout members for his comments. Trump only gave the Scouts $7.00 as a donation. It has just been revealed that Trump doesn’t even donate to his own foundation and like his fraudulent University that failed so is his foundation on the failure list. It has just been closed down for fraud and the courts ruled he must pay millions of dollars in fines for his crimes.  He was spending that money on himself. Let’s discuss why we should include in our New Year’s Resolutions to run for political office. It is a good time to try since so many positions are up for grabs soon. Throw the protest shoes out and get brand new campaign shoes for yourself and wear them to spread your point of view for America. In fact many positions don’t even have a challenger so of course they get voted in to a great job. The nationwide average is 41% are no challenge votes. That means when you go to vote there is only one name on the ballot for that position. Are we already having Soviet style elections? Bring on the challengers folks!

America is a democracy and we should NOT be voting for just one candidate in any position in our government. Think about running especially when you probably won’t have any opposition in your party anyway. In 2018 there were six thousand House and Senate seats up for election. Because of term limits 1,400 of those seats didn’t have an incumbent. You can be one of those people having a true say in how this country is governed instead of just a shouting match in the cold resulting in you possibly getting arrested for no good reason other than exercising your right to free speech. Think about it!

Charity and Trump don’t go together. He has announced that he  closed down his self-named charitable foundation. Well our good lawmakers closed down that fake charity. Sounds like a modern day version of the Scrooge character during Christmas. A reporter just won a Pulitzer Prize for following the history and reporting on Trump’s philanthropy that doesn’t amount to much. Through his reporting we all learned that billionaire Trump had not donated ANY OF HIS OWN MONEY to the Donald J. Trump Foundation since 2008.

Trump has admitted to “self-dealing” meaning that any money found was used to benefit Trumps and no one else. A new filing to the IRS shows the dysfunction of the foundation.   We would have learned this much sooner if he would only honestly disclose his tax returns to the public AS ALL PAST PRESIDENTS DO. The foundation has been going under intense scrutiny from the Attorney General’s office in New York where the foundation is incorporated as reported by FORTUNE magazine.

Even though President Trump may wish to now close his charitable foundation and has started to dissolve it, legally he may not be allowed to do it because the Attorney General is investigating the fraud taking place under the guise of charity.  The attorney general’s press secretary said, “The foundation can’t close just yet as the foundation is still under investigation by this office.” Presidents don’t usually close their foundations especially while they are President. Any President should be proud of the work their self-named foundation is doing to raise money and to donate their own money towards good causes for America. Not this guy. If he is not personally taking the money, he has no use for the thing. This is the crap we elected. Start on those New Year’s Resolutions as you gather with your families for Christmas  and be thankful for the good people you choose to surround yourself with. Encourage any good person you know to run for political office as you write that check to the charitable donation of your choice. Happy Holiday!