Name:   GoneFishin - Subject:   To Buteye and All My Friends.....and You 2 Wixie Date:   2/9/2019 4:47:16 PM

I am not that far left to buy into all that the far left is proposing. I believe in a balanced budget. Propose it and pay for it. Pay down the debt. I am waiting to be able to post that I am pleased with Trump and his policies to pay down on the debt.

We are probably not that far apart until it comes to social issues. I don't believe anyone should live under a bridge or in a car. We are not a 3rd world country. ?

The government, through FEMA, is always there for the Right when there is a natural disaster. The Right doesn't scream Big Government when they are flooded or when a hurricane hits. No, they take whatever welfare FEMA offers. That is America...we help each other.?

I moved to the Left when I worked in Philadelphia and rode the train to work. In the bowels of the subway system,  I saw many people whose home consisted of a refrigerator box and a blanket with a rusted out grocery cart. They were there cause of metal issues and trauma from growing up in poverty.

It tough to be homeless when the temp drops down to the 20s. They go to the hospital and say they are sick..receive a bed and some hot meals for a day or two. You and I pay for those stays. They get ill from living in a dirty environment and use the emergency room over and over. You and I pay for it.

Why not rent them an apartment and get them off the street? Provide them medical treatment and food stamps. The cost will be less than the cost of the numerous emergency room visits. Would the Right support this? Would the left support it? Would the private sector support it? The answer is yes to all 3. The Right likes it cause it saves money by improving their health and cutting down expensive hospital emergency visits, the Left likes it cause it helps the poor, and big business likes it because it helps to control medical costs and future premium increases.

Too bad, we have become a country so divided. At least, there was a wall to tear down in Germany to bring the people together. I wonder if there is hope for us? Sadly, it may take another World War for the people of this great country to heal and come together and behave as Americans.

We are, afterall, supposed to be "one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for ALL".

It is time to go fishing.