Originally posted 8/23/08
I believe that humanity hangs in the balance right now. The credit crisis is facing challenges beyond our ability to deal with them. But inherent in this crisis is the most incredible opportunity we have ever faced. I wrote a book called "A Prescription For Peace" that is available on Amazon. In it I advocate a new approach to the entire world where we follow the words of Thomas Jefferson, where he wrote "we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal and they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The means that we all have the right to three square meals a day, a roof over our heads, access to quality health care, personal safety, an education and a job. For how could we ever feel liberty or begin to pursue happiness unless our basic needs are being met?
Now the debate over Socialism vs. Capitalism needs to end. Each one of us is nothing without the people that surround us...and now we need all of those people to be working and to be paying taxes. This is the only way out of our hole. That means massive public works projects that put people to work. Borrowing money for entitlements or giving out more stimulus checks is a big mistake. But providing food, housing, services and education that leads people toward jobs makes sense.
Investing in the American People makes sense. Investing in innner-city children to get them to become productive tax payers makes sense.Now is the time...we can do what is right."Our work will not be done until every man, woman, and child alive has three square meals a day, a roof over their heads, access to quality health care, personal security, an education and a job." - Michael Douglas Carlin
Michael Douglas Carlin is a filmmaker, author, and
journalist. American Federale is available on iTunes,
Amazon,
and GooglePlay.
Rise
a Knight is available on Amazon. Peaceful
Protests and A
Prescription For Peace is available on iTunes.
