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A young man with Down syndrome makes a wish for a Christmas card and Americans send him thousands.
A Phoenix police officer surprises a teenager who had never ridden a bicycle with a new bike.
A New York police officer gives a homeless and shoeless man a pair of boots.
Just three of the countless acts of random kindness by Americans each day.
Yet Republican members of Congress and the Senate, unwilling to be kind, want to deny 14 million Americans of health insurance by 2018, while giving the top 1 percent of wage earners a massive tax cut. Legislators, kindness in legislation is a worthy goal.
Fares Arguello
Salt Lake City