Maryam Amir – Pedicures and manicures and bbqs

			Two days ago, I met a woman who
told me she is 75 years old, and
		

			she lives on the street. She has
been part of the unhoused
		

			community for many years. She had
fallen in her head and her hair
		

			was very matted, and she pointed
to an area where between clumps of
		

			hair that had fallen out was
injured and she can't access
		

			medical care very easily. She said
that she used to get more in food
		

			stamps, but then they cut the
program because we don't have the
		

			money as taxpayers to pay for life
saving necessities for 75 year
		

			old. We don't have the money to
care for our elderly population or
		

			unhoused population, just really
any vulnerable population. We pay
		

			taxes, but we have to support
pedicures, concerts, barbecues,
		

			massages and things that go boom
		

			on top of entire children's
families. I.