What Should We Be Doing ?

My book  club, The Old Geezers, discusses  America's many problems. We've decided that politics is behind most of them. True or not, that's how we see it.  Our conversations around the table are critical, and range from the: 

                                      (1) The "UGLY AMERICAN" to 

                                      (2) The "DESPAIR OF THE POWERLESS".  

American's are particularly critical about the quality of the people we elect to govern us.  We have elected far too many that turn out to have very poor judgement. A  few have been glaringly incompetant.  As if that isn't enough, decent morals, ethics and guiding principles are becoming a thing of the past. Perhaps it's time for change - but we don't know what we should do to influence a return to good government.

Reducing causes to the most fundamental we've selected:

                                      (1)    LACK OF WEALTH  among the poor.

                                      (2)    The increasing GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR. 

Club members are both liberal and conservative. Historically the  LEFT liberal Democrats blame the RIGHT conservative-libertarian-Republicans - and vice versa. That's politics but not accurate. Each appears to be equally to blame. For 200 years our democratic republic

BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS IS A HARVARD EDUCATED

U.S. SENATOR. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE LIKE THIS ONE.

has pushed, prodded and twisted our the NATIONAL FOUNDATION GUIDELINES. It appears that one of the flaws in the original design of our government is the difficulty for Americans to defend it. We need to remember that it took over 237 years to reach the situation as it is today. It didn't happen overnight. It is the recent attempt by the Obama Administration to grow the government, reduce our freedoms, and control our economy that has aroused the nation. Today, Americans are wringing their hands and worrying. We are failing and our leaders have the wrong plan of action to fix it.  

There is no way to restore the government to it's former concept- yet there is certainly something each of us should be doing. Our problem could be worse. Consider that  people die every day for lack of sanitation, adequate food, basic medications, and fresh non-polluted water. They die by the millions - while the rich sit and watch it happen. Why hasn't civilized society found a way to relieve these conditions?  Exactly why  are the rich getting richer as the poor get poorer?

    

           (1) In 1962 the richest 1% had 125 times the average family's  wealth.

           (2) In 1982 the richest 1% had 156 times, and

           (3) In 2002 the richest 1% of our population had 225 times.



THE GAP IS OBSCENE 

So the answer has been before us all the time. REDUCE THE GAP!