Paying the price

Re “Lakers are no cheap thrill” and “Rice’s price rise takes a toll in Manila slum,” April 23

These two stories command attention.

One reported that a group of four spent about $1,000 on tickets, food and mementos at a Lakers playoff game, while the other was about people in Manila who earn $2 a day sifting through garbage because they cannot afford to buy rice to maintain themselves.

Sooner than we think, the sounds we hear will be those of our chickens coming home to roost.

Skip Nevell

Los Angeles