Local Body Elections

[Oh_hunnihunni]

It is interesting the way you separate people into groups that appear to have nothing in common. The poor old taxpayer v the vulnerable for instance. Trouble is they are one and the same, given a slight change in circumstances. Fact... Yesterday I was in New World at the dairy section trying to work out which pack of butter was cheapest, alongside a man I know as another local. He is about twenty years younger than me, has some severe health issues, and also lives alone on a limited income provided by the state. He too was looking for dairy food items he could fit into his budget. We both had professional backgrounds and families back when... He was a trained accountant in his working life before things changed, these days he is a street person living out of a supermarket trolley and I'm an old lady living in social housing. We both pay taxes on our incomes, on our purchases, we both contribute to the community and the wider society, albeit in different ways. Similar education, similar life experiences, similar interests even, but different current lives.

We are all the same, just different. And change is constant...