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Breaking US: Political Tribalism Is Enriching a Few and Impoverishing the Rest

Post by teodroseIII » 23 May 2022, 16:14

My heart sank as soon as I witnessed the picture above this morning while I was driving through downtown DC. Shortly after dropping off my last Uber passenger for the morning, thoughts of what I had to accomplish for work came to a halt the minute my eyes caught sight of two homeless people sleeping under an umbrella on the median strip right in the middle of morning traffic.

The issue of homelessness is very personal for me, I endured two years of destitution in 2015 after a successful career at Booz Allen Hamilton drew to a close only for poverty to come knocking at my door shortly thereafter. By God’s grace, I am no longer homeless as a precipitous fall led to a Jobian restoration. However, as grateful as I am that I am no longer navigating between shelters and donated food, I cannot shake the survivor’s guilt I feel every time I see someone asking for money or sleeping on sidewalks....continued...

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