Dr. President-Elect Biden,
Congratulations on
winning the election. I look forward to having someone sane running the
country.
I have never written
to a President before. I waited until I had something I felt was important enough
to say.
When the pandemic
hit, I had no idea what was coming. I was woefully naïve about how long it
would continue to effect our daily lives. But I was encouraged by one single
thought: That the President could absolutely no longer continue to say things
like, “America First” and focus only on what’s “best” for the USA, because we
were now in a GLOBAL situation. We would all be in this TOGETHER. It was a
spiritual opportunity. And if we wanted to find solutions, we were going to
have to work together as members of a global alliance. I stupidly pictured
leaders across the world discussing what worked for their country, and others
following suit. Sharing research, ideas, supplies and hope. That’s something I
constantly wonder why we don’t do more of in general. What country has the best
education system, the best health care, the least cancer, the happiest people, etc?
But of course, I was terribly, depressingly, completely wrong. Once Corona hit
the US, it was no longer an international story in the news. It became our
story alone. I was again completely disheartened by our “leadership” and their
total lack of foresight, compassion, understanding, and in fact, their humanity.
I sincerely hope we will not continue to make the same mistake and miss the chance
to unite with countries around the world and work together to bring this
pandemic to an end. And I hope the media follows suit. I want to be as aware of
what’s happening around the world as they are aware of our embarrassing daily
news cycle.
Those are the burning
hopes I have for our country.
Since you’ve read this far, I would also like to say that I
would have no problem understanding if you moved the inauguration to somewhere small
and safe. Just televise it. We really don’t need to put everyone at risk.
Lastly, although I understand the importance of having senator’s
and representative’s votes be known by their constituents, I also find there
would be great benefit to have certain votes be completely anonymous. I believe
in my heart of hearts that if there were anonymous votes on issues such as
impeaching the President, you’d have a lot more votes agreeing with the
democrats. Because Trump couldn’t threaten people if he didn’t know how they
voted. I understand the legislative process in this country is based on
transparency, but sometimes you need to make decisions behind closed doors to
get things done.
Please be safe.
Please be healthy. And very best of luck in your new endeavor.
Sincerely, Tamar
