I enjoyed reading Marilyn Olds’ online article, “Return of the Gilded Age of Robber Barons,” in the Dec. 22 Kitsap Daily News. But I was surprised this opinion piece didn’t appear in Kingston Community News, my favorite local news source. I hope I’ll still be able to read her column there in the future.

Ms. Olds’ article gave a chilling description of the gap in wealth distribution between rich and poor in our country, where only “400 individuals own a combined $2.68 trillion of wealth — more than the combined wealth of 64 percent of American households. (Reference: Forbes Magazine).”

To top this off, the recently passed tax reform bill represents the “largest transfer of wealth from the bottom 99 percent to the top 1 percent ever attempted in our country. (Reference: former Labor Secretary Robert Reich).”

How in the world shall we respond to a government that has engineered such an unconscionable plan to enrich the already rich at the expense of the many who are struggling to earn enough to live secure, safe and healthy lives?

I’m going to start by marching in the 2018 Seattle Women’s March on Jan. 20 with hundreds of other women from our Kitsap communities. We will be on the 9:45 a.m. Bainbridge ferry that morning, meeting up with new friends and old. Men are welcome to come and support our cause.

The march starts at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle and ends at Westlake. It goes from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will march for the rights, empowerment, and equality of ALL women, without which there can be no “justice for all.” I look forward to seeing you there!

Barbie Brooking
Indianola