I gave a small donation to the “Toys for Tots” program, and I commend the people who organize that activity, but I can’t help thinking that if we lived in just society with less disparity between the upper tier and the rest of us, and if we had a decent safety net, we could scale back that program considerably.
Congress has cut food stamps for millions of people and will end unemployment benefits for over a million people just a few days after Christmas. The Toys for Tots is a sweet thing to do, but it is not enough.
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