At a Loss, Our Character is Redeemed
The place in which we live is processed and processed by individuals with hefty paychecks, but is understood only by those who struggle. Our suffering gives us hope and our pain gives us meaning. The issue at hand is that the problems faced by the layman are radically different from those inhibiting the powerful and the rich. There has quite often been the question of whether or not the rich are in fact better off or if the old adage,”The grass is always greener,” holds merit. Several institutions have cornered the market on the exploitation of the less wealthy, those being credit card companies and banks and financiers. The guise in the form of fiscal aid comes too little and too expensive for most. The church has reminded us, however, that the meek shall inherit the earth, perhaps we can chalk this one up to Hypocratic propaganda similar to the eye for an eye rule that we simply cannot come to agree upon. As a nation and a people we have forfeited many freedoms for inequity and selfish pride, not only guided by the haves, but also the have somes. The road to the American dime is similar to the childhood game Shoots and Ladders, except of course, the ladders are few and far between, missing several key rungs critical to self preservation, while the shoots revert us back to the ground floor at an expedited rate. Our free market economy has wonderful incentives but since the Reagan era and the absurd tax cuts, the economic division in the country has grown rapidly. As if our global warming dilemma was not enough, we must now face the fact that over half of America will not have the capital necessary to make any decent change for any upcoming worldly problem. George W. Bush may be slightly correct in one exchange, noting that the impact of reducing emmissions on a national scale could cripple the economy. Well, George, this may be true, since you and your compatriots control a vast majority of the money available, it seems that the lower end of the spectrum could have a hard time affixing their new solar panels to the roof and buying a hybrid car. My only question to George, though, is if all of those black SUVs I see you driving your entourage around in are Hybrid as well.
Where is our sense of independence? It lies somewhere in the gutter next to our inalienable rights. Our price for these things is rising, our lives, our children, and our dream of equality are only a few of the pricy exchanges we will make to preserve our free nation. We can only pray that sooner rather than later, the meek shall inherit the earth, and that the grass truly is greener when the shadows fall
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