By Sameh Selim: The struggle of the simple American citizen to survive

Mr. Sameh Selim

 

The struggle of the simple American citizen to survive

Mr. Sameh Selim

On the occasion of the American elections that are now at the doorstep and around which many of the external and internal goals of the two competing parties revolve in the arena of struggle for power and proving political existence, is the American citizen absent from the political scene or does he appear clearly through his daily life and his suffering to stay alive.

Continuing to survive has become the dream of many simple American citizens, so in this article, we present to American politicians some of the sufferings of simple Americans, such as people experiencing homelessness who live on the sidewalks of the streets, as I saw in California and New York, and they are the largest in number in all American states, and those who sleep in their cars in very difficult weather conditions, or those who live in caravans moving from one place to another, or those who leave the United States voluntarily or by force to Latin America, East Asia or the Middle East, or those who received a pension that is not sufficient for a decent life. An example is an American citizen who has become famous on social media, lives in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, sells rice pudding sweets by bicycle to incoming tourists, and does not want to return to the United States. 

This is an example of the challenge of the simple American citizen who lost his life in his country and went to look for life in another country. As for those who cannot leave, they are forced to struggle daily to survive, which is their only wish. They have no political or economic aspirations or a future vision for their lives. They are outside the political and economic calculations because the one who benefits from paying taxes is not the simple American citizen or the homeless person, but rather the one coming from behind the iron fences on the border. As for the taxpayer, he pays it to other people, so it does not contribute to developing the country's infrastructure.

 For example, there are no public transportation networks in most states within cities, no street lighting, and little social and health insurance for the simple American citizen who has become vulnerable. These are some of the issues, not all of them that occupy American public opinion and the American voter. Will the American presidential candidates wake up to a disaster that will befall American society after a deep sleep?