HALLOWEEN: We are TRICKED not TREATED

I love fall. I love the colors of fall and I LOVE Halloween. I know many Christians frown on Halloween for it being a pagan holiday. Hell, even our days and months are named after gods and goddesses and our capital, D.C, has large statues of naked gods and goddesses and kids playing dressup and eating candy is of the DEVIL. Let's not get into Easter and Christmas being on pagan celebration days. TRICK.

As my favorite holiday approaches, my heart aches for the children unable to participate in the fun due to financial concerns. Yes, even candy has succomb to INFLATION. Overall, candy is 10.8% more expensive this Halloween season than last year, according to an analysis of NielsenIQ data conducted by progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative and shared first with CNN. That’s nearly quadruple the overall rate of inflation. In 2024, Halloween candy prices only rose 2.1%, the analysis found.The price of chewing gum and candy has risen 39% since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last year, 52% of the total volume of Halloween candy sold in the U.S. was made of chocolate, according to Dan Sadler, a principal for client insights at the market research company Circana. But in the 12 weeks ending Oct. 5, chocolate accounted for 44% of the Halloween candy sold in the U.S.

Campaigning for office a year ago, standing in front of a table loaded up with bags of flour, cartons of eggs and gallons of milk, President Donald Trump told voters, “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One.” The overall cost of food at home has ticked up between 0.2% and 0.4% almost every month since January, according to BLS tracking. One exception was in April 2025, when prices went down 0.1% from the month before. All those tiny increases have added up to a 3% increase in food prices year-over-year. TRICK.

Rather than addressing the rising cost of living, Trump has sown chaos and pushed policies that hurt working families. His plan to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—our only watchdog against predatory practices by big banks and corporations—will drive up costs for everyday Americans. Meanwhile, he continues to prioritize tax breaks for the wealthy while ignoring critical issues like housing, child care, healthcare and grocery prices. Parents are in food lines at food banks due to government shutdown. TRICK.

These days little thought is being given to the plight of Americans and even less thought is given to the children of America. The Trump administration is pushing for no vaccines which are critical for children, their education is being formulated by Evangelicals and higher education is discouraged, SNAP benefits for the most vulnerable children is being stopped along with vital healthcare needed for children who catch every bug, and their parents are facing financial ruin from the government shutdown. Why would anything fun like Halloween be left for them to enjoy when this administration seems to enjoy the American people suffering?

All of the happiness and joy in America is being SUCKED out by Donald Trump and his supporters. Hate and racism is a steady DRUMBEAT these days coming directly from the White House. Little ears are listening and little eyes are seeing. Are children witnessing EVIL instead of enjoying CANDY this Halloween? Children are of little concern for them because they have no money to extract from them with Trump's countless use of the White House for his personal GAIN. TREAT.

HEY! AMERICA! You're getting poorer while your president and his family are getting RICH. Trump once said children don't need alot of presents at Christmas time. Remember that? While HE gifts HIMSELF daily. TREAT.

Parents rail against the demonic customes children wear for one night while Trump has his demon custom on daily. He is a frightening monster terrorizing the United States. He is TRICKING the Right and TREATING himself to more wealth and adoration from his supporters for his cruelty to Brown and Black people (I can never say this enough).

While the church cry SINNER for those who enjoy Halloween, they HITCH their Godly wagon to a person like Trump as we ALL suffer economically. Well, not all. Those in charge of the government will have their checks and healthcare. Well, they should. They work so hard for the people! TRICK.

As the government remains shutdown and flights are cancelled and federal workers fired, Trump is building a multi-million dollar ballroom to dance at taxpayer expense. MAGA counters with, Obama built basketball court. REALLY PEOPLE! TRICK.

The only one receiving a TREAT are the rich who are getting richer during this administration. While tummies of children will be rumbling with hunger, Trump acquires more TREATS for himself as he flies around the world making deals for himself and family. The Trumps have on their costumes and candy bags in hand wherever they go. They are offering TRICKS or TREATS to leaders around the world. They PAY to PLAY with the United States and that isn't evil in any way right? TRICK.

Christians have been sounding the alarm against those who hate God. Now their MASCOT is a culmination of every sin possible and has been indited and crimally charged. His Christian followers see no SIN in him, only Democrats and Halloween loving children without a felony record. TRICK.

So, yet another big blow for children living in an evil ADULT world. Fun and joy are not for America right now. Fear and anger are ruling. It is a time to be frightened by little ghosts and gobblins. Instead we are frightened of our OWN government to the delight of the Right and Evangelicals. TREAT.