They say money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy you a seat in Congress, and that makes me sad.

If you just follow the money, the odds are that either John Cavanaugh or Denise Powell will be the Democratic Party’s nominee to take Don Bacon’s seat in Congress.

It would be shocking if either Kishla Askins or Crystal Rhoades got the nod. It would be a downright miracle if Melanie Williams were to win.

Donald Trump was on 60 Minutes the day after a lone gunman tried to break through security barriers to have him and/or members of his cabinet killed. In that interview, he praised the police, verbally attacked Nora O’Donnell and mentioned that political violence has always been around.

And he was right. At least about political violence always being around.

I was in second grade when JFK was assassinated. I can still recall Mrs. Cusak’s tears when we heard the news over the intercom.

If you’re a regular reader of this column, you may recall an article I wrote about a month or two ago about how lowering property taxes was not the solution to fix the problem of the stagnant growth in Nebraska. The so-called brain drain.

I wrote about a report funded by an organization called Strengthening Nebraska Families. This report was commissioned by Mike Cassling and Dana Bradford. It focused on how Nebraska needs to do more to bring primary jobs to the state.

With everything that is going on in the world today, it reminds me of my youth.

I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s. As a Boomer, I was alive and can remember the years when a corrupt president had us involved in an unpopular war. I recall Americans wearing WIN buttons on their jackets. WIN stood for Whip Inflation Now as food costs kept going up and gas prices soared. I saw major protests in the street and threats of nuclear war.

So, in some ways, all that is happening is as Yogi Berra would say, Déjà vu all over again.