Saving USAID dollars won’t save America’s soul

Cutting USAID will cost the lives of millions of the most vulnerable in the world. Millions of low-income Americans face losing Medicaid coverage in the coming years — many will suffer or die without access to basic health care. Income tax cuts overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest billionaires that can never get enough. Words fail to capture my indignation, but Bob Dylan once captured this moment better than I ever could.

“How much do I know

To talk out of turn

You might say that I'm young

You might say I'm unlearned

But there's one thing I know

Though I'm younger than you

That even Jesus would never

Forgive what you do.

Let me ask you one question

Is your money that good

Will it buy you forgiveness

Do you think that it could

I think you will find

When your death takes it's toll

All the money you made

Will never buy back your soul.”

Stan Miller

Coralville