I’m a generous person and if I had the time, I’d most certainly do more volunteering. And if I had the money, I’d pay for people I don’t even know to be housed. I’d pay for us to get socialized health care. I’d fix our potholes. I would do all this with no questions asked.
But like the vast majority of Americans, I have none of these resources. In fact, I’m on the brink of homelessness myself, and my food stamps don’t last a full month for my household needs. So when the mayor asks for more money, all I can do is laugh, (“Portland mayor suggests Trump could crack down on city’s homelessness crisis, solicits donations for new shelters,” Sept. 3).
If our leaders continue to refuse to tax the rich, then it’s their own fault when we don’t have the funds to pay people to do these jobs. It’s their fault that we don’t have our basic needs met, and that our roads and bridges and filtration systems are in disrepair. The “greatest nation in the world” – and the richest of all, too – shouldn’t have these problems. Ever…