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Such a sad era we live in.

Federal funding has been drastically cut or completely eradicated for necessary social services.

The intentions were to have the states take care of this, but they were given no time, no warning and no plans of potential actions to do so.

Now, we are forming charities just to provide food for kids, medical care for the unemployed, homes for the homeless, and all the other social services that are not just desperately needed, but have been severely underfunded for decades.

Meanwhile, no one wants to tax the rich to pay for these services, no one wants to pay higher taxes, or any taxes for that matter, to cover these extremely necessary social services, and no one has spare money to donate because of the inflation and tarrifs adding to their financial pains.

Let's quit relying on outside things like charities and government to provide social services and create strong communities that encompass people who provide all those services with equity. Becuase it's obvious no one is coming to our rescue. We have to rescue each other.
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Mellowgirl · 31-35, F
Unfortunately the people at the top that could change this funnily enough will never experience this hardship. So they don't care...

They look at everything as a numbers game, nothing with humanity.
FoxyQueen · 51-55, F
@Mellowgirl we have far too many bean counters in this world worried about potential overages where they think they don't belong.
Mellowgirl · 31-35, F
@FoxyQueen it's a truly awful world we are living in.

And I don't know where this meanness has come from
FoxyQueen · 51-55, F
@Mellowgirl The fear that somehow in the Land of Plenty, there won't be enough for them.