We’ve all been there.

Sitting in that uncomfortable leather airplane seat, metal buckle strapped around our waist, trying to remember if we did actually need something out of that bag stored overhead, all while listening to some bossy flight attendant named Carol on the speaker going through the list of dos and dont’s in case of an emergency.
They tell adults to put their oxygen masks on first if there’s a drop in cabin pressure. This is because if you — the capable adult — don’t put your mask on first, you’ll pass out along with everyone else and will be of absolutely no help to anyone.
Okay, Carol — now do America.
People say the words “America First” with disgust. Their noses wrinkle, mouths turn down, eyes narrow, “America First?! How selfish! What about the rest of the world!? There are children starving in Africa and people in third-world countries who need our help!”
My response: “What about the Americans — including children — hungry and living as if they are in a third-world country, despite the fact they live here, in the United States?”
The reply is usually some utterance of, “It’s not the same thing!”
Well, I’m here to tell you that it is, in fact, the same thing.
Actually, it’s worse.
We are Americans living in America and, if we can’t take care of our own, we have no business taking care of the world.
I’m no isolationist.
I know enough history to say that mindset has caused more harm than good, including the events that led to WWII. I think it is vital to engage on a global scale.
But I’m no globalist, either.
I was pro-Brexit, can’t stand the U.N., and think the EU is obliterating Europe out of existence with its unchecked mass immigration stance, for starters.
What I am is tired.
Tired of America spending hardworking taxpayer dollars on people who are not citizens, while Americans go unfed, unsheltered, unclothed, uneducated, and uncared for.
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