Pay to Play.......

Just a quick note today. I've been scrolling through my Facebook page.....and of course there are a lot of political entries. Comments about yesterday's Women's March, lots of photographs....lots of comments

I was absolutely amazed to see the numbers of men and women, all over the world, who took to the streets yesterday. It was exciting, encouraging, powerful. I do hope this won't be a one-day-wonder, but that most of the participants will find ways to engage and make a difference starting at the local level.

And again on Facebook, I found several surveys asking me to add my name. One was to require President Trump and all future presidents and office holders to open their tax returns for the public to view. Another was asking me to add my name to an effort to stop the new government from de-funding Planned Parenthood.

I was willing to, and tried to support both of these efforts. I added my name, I included my email address and clicked the "next" button......where I was informed that in order to continue I had to choose an amount to donate to the effort.

That stopped me cold. I do dontate to causes that are important to me.......and will continue to do so. But this just made me mad.....pay to play.

How typical.