Many today wonder whether America is headed toward autocracy. Will our democracy survive? Is it really a democracy at all in the first place? Yes, most of us can vote, but is that all it takes to be a free nation?
Right now, according to the Federal Reserve, 10% of the people control 67% of this country’s wealth. How are we free when a single person (our president) can shut off 42 million people from the food they need? How can it be a democracy when one-third of those assets would pay off the entire federal debt?
Tax cuts for the rich? How about food for the poor!
Robert Sessums
North Yarmouth
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