We are asked to step up and provide care for extended young family members abandoned by parents due to alcohol and drug miss-use, or death, instead of putting them into the system. We do so and then they cut our legs off beneath us, taking away healthcare and food benefits.
Also, did you know that in 29 states there are laws that make you responsible for your eldercare should they not be able to afford their own care (as in they gut Medicaid) at $7,000 to $9,000 dollars a month for basic nursing home care, and $8,000 to $10,000 a month for memory care for our seniors who have Alzheimer’s? Are you in one of those 29 states?
We pay taxes for services that we and other people like us need. But NO! The Trump Administrtion is going to take our taxes and dole it out to the uber rich and their thriving companies, many of which receive subsidies (corporate welfare) from our tax dollars.
We watch as they destroy all the agencies that have been faithfully providing services, and then turn around and tax us more for services that we are no longer getting.
Because they are closing the Department of Education, states will have to pick up the slack, meaning higher property taxes for everyone.
Because they are gutting Medicaid, we will have to pay higher fees, co-payments and deductibles, to keep our hospitals from closing down. Especially rural hospitals.
Because they are gutting SNAP ( formerly known as food stamps) we will have to pay more in income tax to make sure our children get the food they need to thrive and grow.
And the rich? They will keep getting tax breaks, loopholes, and since there won’t be enough IRS Agents to audit them, and their businesses, they will continue to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
Does that seem fair to you?
Peggy Van Sickle
Brighton
