This entry over at D's made me sad. Not only because I've known D since highschool and she is one of my best friends, but I know how hard she has always worked and how her parents have struggled. D has had a job for as long as I've known her. She always saved her money and lived on her own, paying her own rent and bills and food, always trying her hardest not to be a burden on her parents. I have always admired her for that (among so many other things).
So when she posted this entry which included a link to this article, I felt her frustration and indignance. Why should hard working people (or anyone for that matter) have to suffer like this in the richest country in the world? And why isn't more being done to prevent the flagrant misuse of our hard earned tax dollars? It infuriates me to think that D and her parents have worked all these years, paying their taxes and being productive members of society, but they should have to struggle when the going gets tough, while greedy, indifferent politicians squander their blood, sweat and tears. It disgusts me that every day social services and programs are denied funding and unemployment benefits minimalized, but there is plenty of money for our government to waste on, literally, NOTHING. Unused airplane tickets, over-indulgent expenditures, fraudulent expense claims, contracts for blood sucking corporations...it's endless.
Something has got to be done.