Bush Ignores Family Values

More than 2,500 U.S. servicemen/women have now died in Iraq, and we do not get up-to-date figures on how many servicepeople are injured and maimed for life. But President Bush says he's there for the duration, reiterating his La La Land dream that we Americans can both police and solve the problems of Iraq and the Middle East with our young blood and our money. Bush does not have much to say about the state of our own country — the money-grabbing health-care system, a lack of affordable housing, less and less financial help for higher education, secure retirement hopes eroded, an abundance of menial jobs with good jobs outsourced around the world, and a preponderance of two-salary families trying to keep up with expenses. All these conditions, in our opinion, put an enormous hole in “family values.” What is this administration doing to help the average, working-class family? Yes, we need to protect our own shores, and that is what our military should be doing. But it has become nauseating listening to reports of violence and problems in Iraq and observing the economic decline of our own country. Sadly, most Americans sit back and do nothing about it. Wake up, folks. Betty Canderan & John Canderan, Cape May Court House Published June 23,2006 in the Atlantic City Press