LETTER TO THE HOLLAND SENTINEL: Holland — I just read that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended disaster status to local fruit farmers who lost up to 90 percent of their crop this year. Also, I am a friend of a family that is going through a financially devastating health crisis, with bills approaching $1 million. Their misfortune was that their daughter got sick.
I believe that the larger American society can and should try to help people in crisis. But I often hear lately that the government (i.e., us) should just stay out of the way — that the government is the problem. I don’t believe that’s right. Together we can weather storms that would otherwise wreck us as individuals.
If people really believe that government is the problem, I guess they need to “just suck it up” when disaster strikes them.
Greg Hulsebos
Holland
I believe that the larger American society can and should try to help people in crisis. But I often hear lately that the government (i.e., us) should just stay out of the way — that the government is the problem. I don’t believe that’s right. Together we can weather storms that would otherwise wreck us as individuals.
If people really believe that government is the problem, I guess they need to “just suck it up” when disaster strikes them.
Greg Hulsebos
Holland
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