Financial Marketsish and spoiled

I, like many of you, have become an inveterate TV watcher, soaking up all the news about this new scourge, covid-19. Perhaps some of you saw on April 15, as I did, the group of disgruntled folks from Michigan voicing their displeasure at the governor’s actions with respect to this “enemy.”

Their behavior makes me shudder to think what would happen to this nation if we ever faced an enemy like we did in 1941 (it’s known as World War II). Thank God most Americans knew what was at stake at that time, and while many could have demanded the country meet their wants/ needs, most behaved like adults.

Yes, folks were unhappy to give up butter, sugar, new autos and automobile tires, bicycles, shoes (yes, they were rationed, too), even bubble gum, and they watched family members leave for the fight. Serving in the various services presented a huge financial struggle for many families. Thousands died. But they understood they had to accept these unpleasant measures in order to survive and win.

Unfortunately, those demonstrating in Michigan and elsewhere either don’t know what getting their way can do to their fellow Americans, or they don’t care. Their behavior says they only care about themselves.

The generation that fought WWII acted for the betterment of everyone. They took their lessons from those who came before them in order to create this nation. Has our nation lost sight of those struggles? Have we become a nation of the selfish and the spoiled?

I, along with our American eagle, am shedding a tear for our nation. PHYLLIS JOHNSON

Springdale