To the editor:
I miss America — the one I have known all my life.
In the past 14 months, I have watched OUR Democracy slowly dissolving before my eyes. I am stunned that we are allowing this administration to do whatever they want with no accountability.
This is the third week of the Iran war, and this administration does not call this a war but an “excursion” and is unable to explain why they started it. It has already cost us $22.8 billion of OUR tax dollars and claimed 1.3. US lives and killed 1,300 Iranians, killed 175 school girls, shut the Strait of Hormuz and spiked oil prices.
Think how this money could have been used to help OUR citizens. We could have provided Medicaid to 6.8 million kids and provide much-needed food for SNAP children and families. It doesn’t make sense that there is always money for bombs but not enough for healthcare.
I miss feeling safe in this America. I miss that OUR White House is being destroyed for no reason. I miss that OUR Constitution is being defamed by elected and unelected officials who are grabbing as much for themselves while ignoring the needs of our country.
This is Our Country, and I am standing out to let my voice be heard.
Marblehead’s No Kings Day will be held from 2-4 p.m. at the intersection of Lafayette Street (Route 114) and Maple Street.
Debra Duxbury
Ware Lane
