Reply #13: Where is the moral outrage of the political class? Our collective response is silence to the ever [View All]

[Citizen Worker]

increasing number of hungry and homeless in the "...world's richest nation." A response quite the opposite of less wealthy nations.

On a trip to Ireland in the mid-90s there was a front page photo of a group of men who were found sleeping on the front stoop of a Dublin church. The outrage leaped from the page with the reporter castigating his own government for allowing this to happen and that it must be immediately remedied. I don't know what, if anything, was done but at least one of the major newspapers demanded governmental action. Contrast that with how this story is reported in the US.

Thank you Bill Clinton for "ending welfare as we know it." Maybe the elite 1% will make some end of year charitable donations to lessen their tax burden.