I should know better by now. You'd think I'd have learned to avoid these little irritations but I haven't. I can't help myself, I have to read everything when I read a news article...not just the article itself.
We are due for a new Mayor soon, and while most everyone I know of is relieved at the thought of replacing our current humiliating con artist, some do not prefer the ideas others have come up with for replacing him.
One in particular argued that if a certain person took over, social assistance rolls would go up and there would be more low cost housing for "lazy" people and a whole (he spelled it hole) lot more free handouts. I wanted to reach through my computer screen and slap him silly.
The other part of me, the sane sensible part of me wanted to just accept the fact that this was a jerk who just liked to say awful things just to be heard. He didn't care who he might hurt with his mean spirited, acidic commentary, he just felt the need to have everyone and anyone pay attention to him.
The sad part is...he's not alone. There are many more like him out there, many more mean spirited people who seem to think that living on welfare is some sort of big payday. That we must get too much money and be living a life of luxury and freedom from all employment.
They don't see us having to go to food banks, they don't see us struggling to make ends meet or trying to fight our way out of what feels like a dead-end system. They don't see us at all. They walk through their lives with dark glasses on and turn their heads when they see us.
They either lost or never had human compassion and a desire to give all people dignity and respect as they struggle with situations that for many are far beyond their own control. I guess they figure if they are working we should all be working without thinking about the logic of their own arguments.
There are more people in need of work than there are jobs available to be had. There is no room for love in the hearts and minds of these selfish individuals. They could care less that without welfare more people would be sleeping on the street and eating once a day if they are lucky. They don't seem to care that without affordable housing, more people including WORKING people would be unable to afford a place to live and be forced out on the streets.
For those of you who have no room in your hearts for others think about it...CHILDREN on the street, men and women with no where to go because you are too cheap to open your wallet. Someday, given the way the economy is going YOU might be in my family's shoes....YOU will be the one needing a cheaper place to live, YOU will need me to help you with some money until you get back on your feet, and you might need me to pay taxes so that YOU can get your teeth cleaned and see a doctor when you are sick.
Perhaps when it's YOUR turn, you won't be so quick to judge my family and those like us who are right now struggling to put the pieces of our lives back together again. So just shut up, listen to the voices of those around you and maybe you might just learn something.
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