When the Champagne and caviar crowd is in trouble, there's no conceivable limit to the amount of taxpayer money that can be found, and found quickly. But when it comes to ordinary citizens in dire situations""those being thrown out of work or forced from their homes by foreclosure or driven into bankruptcy because of illness and a lack of adequate health insurance""well, then we have to start pinching pennies. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.