09-30-2011, 12:42 PM
goodintentions Wrote:We'll just have to agree to disagree. I don't buy into the whole we are the world. I think we have to take care of us first in able to help anybody else. I learned that on an airplane.The bank is broken because it is within an economic model that guarantees it will fail at some point in time. It's easy to be "distracted" by peripheral issues such as immigrants or welfare people as the causes of our problems and not see the whole picture. Find the true root causes and then you are getting somewhere.
If we are taking care of "us" then we can't have no boundaries. No government could care for everyone. Yeah, I think we have a moral obligation to help those less fortunate. I do believe we should help starving children in Africa. And I believe we should help the homeless in Waukegan.
But I do think there is a right way to Make A Difference. Just accepting that my hometown is going to hell in a handbasket is not my idea of helping out the world. By "Not our own" I meant people that are not US Citizens. Has nothing to do with who my family is. My family came from Europe, but when they arrived - they were Proud to be in America. They wanted to become citizens. They followed the laws - they learned the language - they did not want to be a burden on America. I think we have too many people - both "not our own" and even some Americans that are looking for hand outs - And the bank is broken.
Thats all I'm saying. Now what? The bank is broken.
The belief in the process of helping ourselves first so we can help others later, is not based in fact but is pure propaganda. It's not going to ever happen under the current economic system for our system perpetuates scarcity. Just like the game "musical chairs" our economic system guarantees that there will always be people left out.