I just don’t understand our government.
The U.S. goverment offered me a phone call, a toothbrush, a paperback book and a temporary passport. No hotel, no food, no flight home. I was told that I could take out a loan if I could list three people who would vouch for me at home. The process would only take a few days. I was alone, injured (superficially – but I sure did look bad), no possesions, no money and my government offered me a book.
I know that things are much, much worse for hundreds of thousands of other people who aren’t fortunate enough to be U.S. citizens… but you’d think our government “for the people” could manage to be more helpful.
