Recently, a colleague who provides free legal services to the poor posted as a status update on their FB page that a woman recently told her, "After I meet with you, do I get a real attorney." She is your real attorney. She went to law school, she has been doing this job for over four years, and she is your attorney.
Of course the client thought they hadn't received a real lawyer. They probably thought it was just another waiting game. Who do I blame? Congress. Why? Because Congress slashes the free legal aid funding every year. We have shrimps on treadmills, but we can't help people save their homes from foreclosure. OH, no, wait, Congress doesn't care if people lose their homes. They WANT the homes to go back to the bank so the bank can find a nice respectable buyer and make more money.
Cutting free legal aid funding in our country is essentially cutting the legs out from under the poor. If you cannot afford to help yourself, then why should we help you? That is essentially what Congress is saying. Why should we help defend you in a legal matter when it benefits our lobbyist not to? There really is something viciously wrong with our political structure.
Just a rant...
And I understand the shrimps being on treadmills may be very important scientific research, but it is just the funniest image. Reminds me of the saying, "Jumping the Shark." You just get it...
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