Think – Hope and Simply Breathe

Think – hope – I’ll be able to settle down again to work after three months devoted to dislocation. Picking through saved debris I’m struck by how it used to be.

“I grew up in a union household, and, when both my parents got sick, we became poor. Despite this, with the help of Social Security, Medicare, and union benefits, we were lifted up by a strong social safety net. I received a good education and became a lawyer and then a judge. It helped that my youth and my early professional life occurred from the nineteen-forties to the eighties, a period when income inequality and wealth inequality were actually decreasing. Then came the Reagan revolution, and those inequalities began a steep rise, which continues to this day.

It amazes how little the Republican Party in general, and Donald Trump in particular has to do to earn the support of working-class Americans. It also amazes me how those same Americans take for granted the benefits gained for them by unions and Democrats.”

In the meantime, remember to simply B-R-E-A-T-H-E!