The heartlessness of the current presidential administration is astounding, and not representative of the America I was taught to believe in. While Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are being cut anywhere from 50% to 100%, the Pentagon and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abomination are being funded.
Has it struck anyone that those of us with compassion, who are more than willing to help support the Greater Cleveland Food Bank and other local and international aid programs at this time, are thereby actually paying an additional tax? Our governmental taxes are as high as ever, but if our heart compels us to do the work of feeding and aiding those less fortunate --work that was previously covered, in part, by our governmental services -- this now r

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