OK, not Halloween specifically, though it's also a time when a lot of people come around with their hands out and some container to fill. But I'm specifically talking about the mail, both physical and email.
"Hi, we're so-and so, we do good things (or so we try to convince you), and we'd love to have you give us some money." I could bore you with a very long list of supplicants.
Some I've gifted in previous years, and if things were more stable right now, would love to do so again. Others I've never heard of, can't judge from the begging proffered, and am left totally unmoved by, independent of what's happening in the country.
Oh sure, if I won a large lottery prize, somewhere on the top of my list would be huge donations to food shelves to help those suddenly with no incomes and no SNAP benefits. I have my own memories of being food assistance dependent while raising kids. But it doesn't matter how much I promise to the winds blowing past about my good intentions. I rarely win as much as my dollar back. I seldom invest that dollar in the next lottery ticket.
I just hope some of you reading this have better situations, more hope for your futures, and can help pick up the slack that our government has created.
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