Letter: 1%ers vs senior lunch plans

In the 15 June 2025 paper, two articles stand out (Golden Toilet Theft - Pg A18, and Loss of Senior Lunch Plans, LTE - A15). The first discussed the "tragic" theft of a $6.5M golden toilet by the same artist who created the duct-taped banana, which sold for $6.2M in 2024. The second bemoaned the loss of funding in the BBB for senior meals, costing an average of $5. I don't bemoan the artist's concept of expression, but that people would spend that amount of money for this "art" while so many people go without is unconscionable. Taking the lower cost of these "art" pieces, at $5 per meal, $6.2M would have paid for 1,240,000 meals. I guess those 1%'ers really do need the tax breaks included in the BBB recently passed or they might not be able to afford their "art." Does “Let them eat cake” sound familiar? Remember November 2026.