Too many people are unaware of their place in the world economy. Margaret Lawson’s March 6 letter to the editor, “Seniors deserve an exemption from school property tax,” is a perfect example of that. I assume that she is referring to the less fortunate, putting a strain on the system, while somehow diminishing their part in this country, as undeserving.
I would say that Lawson doesn’t understand how she plays right into those who would choose to divide us. Rather than rail against corporate welfare, like that massive tax cut for the rich, taking money out of the federal government and forcing state and local governments to come up with funds, out of thin air, she is left to fight over the scraps, with her fellow Americans. While there may be a slight increase in one’s monthly paycheck, the interest on that loan is compounding regularly and will eventually come due. And those who complain about that concept in Democratic years, magically forget it in Republican ones.
She grew up in a time, when government worked for the people, spreading the wealth, creating highways and going to the moon. Now, it works for the corporations, careening toward a third-world nation, with a few extremely rich individuals, while the rest work just to survive. Let’s not forget George W. Bush’s comment to the woman who worked three jobs, about how “truly American” that was. After eight years of getting out of that hole, Donald Trump wants to take credit for a better economy and start stealing again.
Just today, Trump repeated that women’s unemployment is the lowest it’s been in some years. I posit that that’s not a good thing, but a sign of a necessary thing. Households are forced to have both parents working just to put food on the table. More and more children are being raised by themselves, in a country that touts “family values.”
So yes, the letter writer should be mad. But be mad at the right people.
Nancy Cooper
Stanwood
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