Abundant Wealth

It is so strange that there are all of these budget stand-offs when we live in a country of such abundant wealth.

It is hard for me to believe that we cannot keep a disabled senior on social security pension warm in his home for the winter.

Or that a friend cannot afford to take her heart medication since she lost her job.

I walk to the harbor and look at money tied up to moorings bobbing up and down in the water and vacation homes worth millions lining the shoreline that are lived in only part of the year.

It will take a lot to convince me when a Senator or a Governor says, "We can't afford to pay these benefits or we can't keep these government employees on our payroll."