Someplace Like America by Dale Maharidge, takes a look at the troubles working class Americans are facing. I was shocked to read that people are driven into homelessness, and our government is doing nothing to aid them. I find that it is amazing that Middle America can bail out banks and Wall Street with their tax dollars, and yet we are forced into homelessness because of layoffs and businesses closing up shop. We as a nation should do more for each other instead of allowing thousands of people to be homeless or on the brink of homelessness.
This makes me think of the situation in New Orleans with hurricane Katrina. FEMA and other government assistance branches did little to help the people of New Orleans. What was once a beautiful, thriving, historical city is now reduced to condemned buildings in parts, with thousands of people still not in their own homes. When the author talks about the government failing the American citizens, I agree. We have always been an economic powerhouse, because of the working class of people that built this country, yet the very country can cast them aside and favor bankers? How does that make sense? This “Great Recession” has reduced us to nothing, and is continuing to destroy the working class.
Bailing out banks is not the answer, moving corporations overseas is not the answer; the answer is providing a sound way of life for all of the people of this country. We focus on our humanitarian efforts in other countries, yet ignore our own struggling public. With the unemployment rate rising, and the use of public assistance rising wouldn’t you think the government would try to put some form of safeguards in place to protect us? I don’t understand why the working class has been ignore in favor of the rich, but I believe that change is in order.
We should focus on trying to rebuild our economy instead of simply bailing out Wall Street. We should focus on providing more jobs for those in need, and focus on education. Education in America is lacking, colleges are somewhat jokes these days, with people attending only to get money in order to have some relief from the economic burden placed on them. The amount of children that graduate from high school without basic reading and math skills is astounding, and the government does nothing to provide an answer.
As the author portrays this has been happening in America for thirty years, thirty years of debt building, and the working class living in squalor because of lay-offs and out searching. Where I am respectful of the author of Someplace Like America, I would like to say that writing a novel does little more than open the eyes of the people who aren’t affect…yet. This novel can be seen as a warning to those of us that aren’t affected, take heed, just because it’s not you doesn’t mean it won’t be in a year. We as a nation, should demand more of our government, and demand that they assist the homeless in OUR country first.
We should demand that the government and Wall Street watch their spending. We should demand that the American culture not be destroyed over the actions of a few bankers, and real estate companies. WE are all we have, and the lack of companionship amongst the American people is partially to blame for the homelessness and welfare increase. Would it hurt for companies to extend a hand to those in need? Perhaps offer jobs, offer something to combat what has been ignored? Our government is clearly not going to help, so what is stopping the public? I think that the author hits the nail on the head when describing some of the issues that we are faced with, and I hope that with his work, we can see that our future is bleak if changes are not made.
This makes me think of the situation in New Orleans with hurricane Katrina. FEMA and other government assistance branches did little to help the people of New Orleans. What was once a beautiful, thriving, historical city is now reduced to condemned buildings in parts, with thousands of people still not in their own homes. When the author talks about the government failing the American citizens, I agree. We have always been an economic powerhouse, because of the working class of people that built this country, yet the very country can cast them aside and favor bankers? How does that make sense? This “Great Recession” has reduced us to nothing, and is continuing to destroy the working class.
Bailing out banks is not the answer, moving corporations overseas is not the answer; the answer is providing a sound way of life for all of the people of this country. We focus on our humanitarian efforts in other countries, yet ignore our own struggling public. With the unemployment rate rising, and the use of public assistance rising wouldn’t you think the government would try to put some form of safeguards in place to protect us? I don’t understand why the working class has been ignore in favor of the rich, but I believe that change is in order.
We should focus on trying to rebuild our economy instead of simply bailing out Wall Street. We should focus on providing more jobs for those in need, and focus on education. Education in America is lacking, colleges are somewhat jokes these days, with people attending only to get money in order to have some relief from the economic burden placed on them. The amount of children that graduate from high school without basic reading and math skills is astounding, and the government does nothing to provide an answer.
As the author portrays this has been happening in America for thirty years, thirty years of debt building, and the working class living in squalor because of lay-offs and out searching. Where I am respectful of the author of Someplace Like America, I would like to say that writing a novel does little more than open the eyes of the people who aren’t affect…yet. This novel can be seen as a warning to those of us that aren’t affected, take heed, just because it’s not you doesn’t mean it won’t be in a year. We as a nation, should demand more of our government, and demand that they assist the homeless in OUR country first.
We should demand that the government and Wall Street watch their spending. We should demand that the American culture not be destroyed over the actions of a few bankers, and real estate companies. WE are all we have, and the lack of companionship amongst the American people is partially to blame for the homelessness and welfare increase. Would it hurt for companies to extend a hand to those in need? Perhaps offer jobs, offer something to combat what has been ignored? Our government is clearly not going to help, so what is stopping the public? I think that the author hits the nail on the head when describing some of the issues that we are faced with, and I hope that with his work, we can see that our future is bleak if changes are not made.
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