Re "Poor go unheard in race," Column, Oct. 17
It took Steve Lopez to notice that for our presidential candidates and other politicians, poor people no longer exist. I remember when a war on poverty was a legitimate cause for people aspiring to be our leaders and for citizens hoping to see America make progress toward our ideals. Now, as Lopez states, a mere mention of social or economic progress for 46 million poor people is equated to socialism by the Republicans and feared by the Democrats.
