What happens in Washington can change lives thousands of
miles away, whether people realize it or not. Ideally, elected representatives
work on laws intended to make the lives of their constituents better. However,
that has not been the case of late.
Budget cuts
to food stamps and unemployment benefits are having a real effect on
American families; they are sending more of them from the middle-class into
poverty.
The Republican leadership leading the charge on stark
austerity measures claim they will eventually lead to prosperity for more
Americans. Precisely how and when remains vague. In the meantime, while
millions find themselves unable to find work and with government
assistance cut off, the lofty idealism of smaller government is actually
creating more poverty in a nation with more millionaires than any other on
earth.
Image: Poverty in America during the Great Depression/wikipedia
