No hope of things getting any better

If we are going to pay unemployment, subsidize health ins., provide food stamps, and give earned income tax credits to the poor folks, and then we are going to make it financially beneficial to 2.3 million middle class workers to cut back to part time, why in the world are the rest of us working our butts off?

It is absolutely beyond comprehension that there are still a few of us who have enough pride and self respect to try to support ourselves and our families. Frankly, I'm tired, angry and discouraged. I'm tired. Tired of beating myself up while I see capable people wandering the streets. I'm angry that my government thinks that for some reason I am responsible for those whom the government has hooked on being dependents. And I am discouraged that there seems to be no hope of things getting any better. Victoria Vaughn Englewood, Fl.

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