Is there a need for better education of voters in America, particularly in the area of math?
With all of the back-and-forth arguments about which party’s candidate is worthy of the vote of an American and given the realities that present themselves, perhaps we should all consider that there is a preeminent need for better education of voters to help them deal with the realities.
It is not rocket science to look at the unassailable fact that Joe Biden just pledged $1 billion dollars to Africa, while all of those Americans in Florida and Western North Carolina whose entire lives were upended and in all too many cases wiped out by Hurricane Helene are offered a mere $750, when and if they can jump through the convoluted administrative hoops in the FEMA process.
They are living in tents, campers, and makeshift housing in freezing weather, eating food donated by churches and charitable organizations, and drinking bottled water, which is in scarce supply.
If the population in the areas hardest hit by Helene total up to 100,000 people, FEMA has to come up with something like $75 million dollars, a drop in the bucket when compared to $1 billion dollars Biden wants to gift people in Africa with.
Is there something wrong with this concept? If this is the vision of the Democratic party and its leaders, why would anyone in their right mind ever vote for a Democrat again?
They obviously do not know the simple math of how to look out for Americans first.
Perhaps some of the $1 billion dollars could be better used to set up schools that can educate folks on the realities of the skewed math.
Peter K. Stern, USAF Retired, Franklin