Reply #40: Good Story...

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

and I don't mean to denigrate Philip Workman's last act. He's with the angels now, no matter what the State of Tennessee has to say about it. But is it really necessary for someone to die in order to feed the homeless? I hope that those who donated food yesterday will remember that these people will be hungry again tomorrow. And I hope that all of you who were moved by Mr. Workman's example will be moved to take action. Chances are there's a shelter in your community. Check it out.

And remember that buying a meal is only a band-aid solution hiding several much larger problems: a lack of substance abuse treatment (the root cause of Mr. Workman's problem) and a lack of affordable housing and a lack of jobs that pay a living wage. Let me go out on a crazy limb here and suggest that maybe we should all vote Democratic in the next election in order to start addressing these problems.

Call me crazy...