I find myself becoming more troubled as our country continues on a path that will not end well for many people. The House Republicans passed the American Health Care Act that will, as the Congressional Budget Office reports, remove more than 23 million people from access to health care, reduce Medicaid spending by $800 billion, and reduce taxes significantly for those who benefit the most financially in our country. This is a plan that even the president has labeled as “mean”.
A small group of senators is now working, in deep secrecy, to propose their version of the ACHA which some report will contain even larger cuts to Medicaid. So, the bottom line is; punish and hurt the poor and less well-off to benefit those who live in greater comfort. Those senators who are hard at work are the same who so loudly and proudly proclaim their allegiance to Christian and democratic ideals. Cognitive dissonance.
Fortunately, as my spirits were sinking I received my regular email from Maria Popova “brainpickings”:
She shares the writings and thoughts of Albert Einstein including “We must mend what has been torn apart, make justice imaginable again in a world so obviously unjust, give happiness a meaning once more.”
In a segment that has relevance for today Einstein writes: “In politics not only are leaders lacking, but the independence of spirit and sense of justice of the citizen have to a great extent declined.”
There is obviously much more that, in contrast to the output of much of our media today, is thought provoking and redolent of some fundamental human values suppressed today by our toxic political environment.
Refreshing.
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