Dear Editor: When the solution to suffering is not to help those who suffer but to increase their ranks, we know emotions have gotten the better of us. Typically, we expect better from a columnist like Mike Ivey. This is what makes his Feb. 24 tirade calling for public employees to share the pain so disturbing.
Yes, there is a lot of suffering out there. Nobody should feel smug or safe in this economy. But it certainly doesn’t help anybody to dismantle vital public services just when they are needed more than ever.