Big three budget issues

Dear Editor, (from a member of a multi-generation Colfax family)

The “big three” federal budget issues for Republicans and Democrats right now are border protection, Ukraine war funding, and disaster aid.

Disaster aid is an issue that politicians of both parties can get behind. It’s like spending on health care. We first fail to prevent disease and disability by neglecting wellness programs, so then we have the great pleasure of paying for our mistakes in hospitals at a much higher cost.

In consumer and industrial affairs, we first fail to prevent fossil fuel emissions, so then we have the great pleasure of paying for our mistakes in hurricane, flood, fire, and heat reparations.

Politicians love to ride in on white horses looking gallant and indispensable restoring bodies, homes, and businesses. Everyone forgets that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The evil geniuses behind all our curative budget burdens are the 1% class who keep getting richer by selling their products and services to the government while all the rest of us bury our dead, try to rebuild our homes, and look for a real leader.

Kimball Shinkosky,

Colfax