HARD TO BELIEVE

that in this day and age (21st century) that some Americans are without electricity. Four of our electric employees from the town in which I live, just returned from the Navajo nation putting up power lines and connecting homes with electricity. There must be a few thousand homes still in need.
   I wish our government would stop wasting money on senseless things, mindless spending on lawyers and trying to oust the current president and use that money to bring electricity to these Americans. That's the very least our government can do. There is no intelligent reason that by now, these native American people should be without electricity. Shame on the government. Shame on us.
We are so comfortable in our lives and neglect those in need, who are so deserving of simple, basic essentials of life. There should be hew and outcry about this.
   We consider ourselves a developed country, the most powerful nation in the world, and yet, our native Americans are living in 3rd world conditions. This is an outrage.
   IT's time we contact our representatives and senators and demand the government step and bring the 20th century to our fellow Americans. Before we spend another cent, the money should go to provide electricity on these reservations which in turn, will provide opportunities for being connected, education, and jobs. They should be given access to the internet as well.
   We know that our native American sisters and brothers have been woefully mistreated and there is no reason that the basic things that the rest of have and enjoy without a second thought should be available to them.
   Let's make a concerted effort to raise up this issue and hold our elected leaders accountable for the money they spend so foolishly and refocus them and redirect our tax dollars to where they do the most good for the most needed.
   I, for one, am ashamed of my country and my elected leaders. God forgive us and guide us to do the right and good thing.