this thanksgiving day

i give thanks that there are young people out there able to win Letter Of The Day.

Congressmen are debating whether they can really give tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting money from programs for the poor.

One legislator actually said Congress had to cut funds for the poor because that's where all the money is.

The other reasoning offered to justify cuts was that the programs were not as effective as they should be. I was just wondering how giving a struggling program even less money solves the very real problem that this person brings to society's attention?

It is not as if the money taken away is assisting the poor in another, more effective way. It's used to balance the tax breaks in the budget.

— Erin O'Hern, Johnston

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