Re “My Wallet Has a Hole in It”
EfremViolin, I’ve never met you.
But I bet I know you.
I’m willing to bet that you are in your 70s or 80s, you own a home in a nice part of Culver City, and you attended public schools.
At one time, you might have envisioned yourself a powerful person in Culver City.
But the best you could do was get an appointment to some virtually meaningless commission.
You never made City Council or School Board. That bothers you tremendously, now in your eighth or ninth decade on this earth, with time dwindling quickly.
Your home is protected under Prop. 13, so you are paying less than your fair share in property taxes.
Yet you utilize as much or more of the services than everyone else.
You are on Social Security, taking advantage of the working population, knowing that a large percentage of that population who are paying into Social Security will never get the benefit of their payments, as older Americans like you are going to bankrupt that system.
I’m just 27 years old.
But I feel that it is my duty to pay into Social Security so older Americans can have a quality of life.
I also feel that it is my duty to pay for young Americans’ education so they, too, can have a quality of life.
You claim that you supported the School Board candidates. But you apparently didn’t listen to what they had to say.
Five of the six candidates supported and campaigned for Measure EE.
Unless you supported Gary Abrams, this means that your candidate supported the parcel tax, too.
You claim that Culver City citizens have “lain their heads across the guillotine to be forever responsible for the welfare of our students.”
What about those citizens who have no choice but to be responsible for the welfare of Efrem Violin through Social Security and property taxes?
Someone paid for your education.
But you won’t help pay for their education today.
All the while you collect your monthly Social Security check and twice annually you pay far less than your fair share in taxes?
After reading your letter, I was reminded of the famous quote from Martin Niemoller
First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me.
The hole is not in your wallet, Mr. Violin. It’s somewhere else in your anatomy, just above your neck.
Mr. Robertson may be contacted at Ronnnnyrob74247@yahoo.com
