Right wingers frequently accuse people of class warfare any time anything related to inequality is discussed, but they are the best ones at waging it. Here's just one example: due to federal budget cuts pushed through last year have resulted in Legal Aid of West Virginia laying off 15 case handlers and closing the office in Logan County.
Legal Aid served over 24,000 West Virginians in 2010.
Similar cuts are taking place around the country. Add to that efforts to restrict access to the ballot and shred safety net programs and the truth becomes a little clearer.
I'd like to be able to call down some kind of cosmic retribution on the perpetrators, but I'm afraid my clout doesn't reach that far. I guess it's up to us.
THE SAFETY NET: WHO NEEDS IT? Lots of folks.
COMFORT FOOD is the theme of the latest edition of Notes From Under the Fig Tree by the Rev. Jim Lewis (disclosure: I gave the woman mentioned in the second part of the newsletter his telephone number).
SIDESHOWS. Here's Ken Ward with more on the tenuous connection between mine safety and drug tests.
GOAT ROPE ADVISORY LEVEL: ELEVATED
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