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Originally posted by Hiram Sedai:
Hello folks. I usually post with a “puppy about to be kicked” theme. But, I’ve gathered the courage to share my thoughts once again. I’m posting this time to remind each of you that there are plenty of people who read this forum but don’t post. I’d like to thank you (plural “you” is still you in my part of the United States) for the thought and effort you’ve put forth in these discussions. I’ve been educated and enlightened time and again while reading them. I’m one of many who depend on our local news and national news to do the thinking for me regarding things like the current conflict we have in Afghanistan. So, my opinion is quite biased.
I’ll do my best to try and not “jump” on any one person. I also won’t call a person a “duckie” (humor)
If you read one of my few posts in this forum, you would know that I have extreme difficulty with my nation spending so much money on other countries when our cities are in such disrepair. Our own citizens suffer from want of education, medical treatment, and food. The programs in place are poorly staffed and run. My sense of fairness in impinged upon when I see the United States make an effort to provide aid to another country and then come under criticism for it. )
Well excuse me whilst I burst into tears here. The richest country in the world has citizens in need - poor education poor medical treatment and crap food?
There's plenty of money around, much of it in the pockets of people like Bill Gates, and the many many others who make unfeasibly large amounts of money whilst others are starving. Your country doesn't believe in state provided services, and proper safety nets for those in need. What you describe is the consequence of that.
When taxes continue to be lowered whilst people are in dire need, and essential services are provided by private contractors - that's what you get. It's all about priorities. Under Tony Blair, Britain continues down the road that the US has already taken. Blair is finishing what Thatcher started, the privitisation of Britain.