WOULD YOU IF YOU COULD?

The obvious question is this, are we abundant or limited? There is no doubt that we are blessed to live in one of the most abundant nations on Earth. It is this abundance however, that also confuses us. How is it possible to believe or understand a hunger problem in the United States when we see stores full of food and we pay farmers not to grow? Who would not be confused as we see such problems here in in America, knowing we are sending our food and our dollars overseas?

Did you know that there are statistics that show one in four children in America are going hungry? For this reason it is easy to see why so many logical thinking people actually believe "they can do something, but they don't want to"? Now, let's just follow that logic. Who is this "they", the mayor of what city, the governor of what state? What president would not eradicate poverty if he could? After all, if he did, it would guarantee his place in history as our greatest president ever.

 

WOULD YOU IF YOU COULD?

Don't you believe that's what they really want? I am convinced that they would if they could and you should be too! However, they can't do it without you. So it is up to you to decide as to whether or not those children are fed! It is not theirs but it's your choice, as to whether or not we end poverty in the Unites States. It is up to you to decide whether or not we end the plight of the homeless, reduce crime, end inflation, lower or eliminate taxes, provide money for the cure of cancer, aids and all disease and all the other things wrong with the world today.

There is also this other thing. It all boils down to this! Either you vote for new economic laws to follow or it is you and not them who can do something about it, but doesn't want to! Do you really believe that all politicians past and present belong to a secret organization, where after meeting in some smoke filled room? They are told how the country's problems can be solved, but then they all swear never to reveal it!

The problem appears to be this. We keep trying to bake a cherry pie, a pie of prosperity, but we keep using lemons to do it. For some reason, we insist upon using the same old ineffective policies of the past even though we know, they didn't work two thousand years ago, they didn't work yesterday, and they don't work today. Nor is there any reason to believe that they will miraculously work in the future.

The easiest way to solve a hunger problem is to create a way that allows people to eat. Some way that will allow them access to the food that's so abundant. The quickest and easiest way to end a homeless problem is to create a way that allows the people access to the homes already so abundant or able to be built. Almost everywhere I go, I see vacant buildings, apartments for rent, and houses for sale. There are construction workers out of work. We also have plumbers, electricians, and carpenters who are in need of work. We see how fast we can put up a building. We have what we need to eliminate poverty. Then why don't we? What is the reason for this mess?

 
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