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Let us give thanks!

Sun., March 29, 2020

To those 51 brave, compassionate GOP senators who grasped the wisdom of voting against Patty Murray’s bill to extend paid sick leave for Americans affected by COVID-19. Common decency, after all, suggests we must strictly marshal all available funds to save needy Wall Street banks … . again, particularly in a time of global pandemic.

I’m proud to live in this Christian nation where the GOP so boldly embodies this piece of New Testament advice: “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?”

Bruce Market

Spokane

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