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Showing Original Post only (View all)I felt sad this evening [View all]
I was talking to a co-worker, a very smart woman, who will be giving up her car because she can't afford a repair bill.
As I left the office for the day, I saw the cleaning crew at work. They make even much less. How do they get by?
I make a pretty good income. Not 1%, but better than most. I suppose that I could praise myself for having worked hard and for making shrewd career choices, but that would largely be mythological bull@#$&. The fact is that I just showed up on this planet and got lucky. Born in a wealthy country with no serious handicaps, and I learn some things pretty quickly.
I wish we lived in a world, in a country, where we all helped each other out a little more, and where the lucky didn't habitually prey on the unlucky.
Where everyone can make a living and live a decent life.
Update: Incidentally, that was the goal of the Democratic Party back when I was a kid.