The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
We have heard reports of a surging economy. But how is this number being measured? Sure the billionaires and millionaires are doing extremely well, but what about the average person? Wall Street prospers, while Main Street falters. They tell us the economy is doing great, but we look around, and do not see the same thing. Gas prices are high, and the cost of all petroleum based items is expected to increase in a few months. That means all products that have plastic, toothpaste, etc will cost more.
Now is the time for America’s enormous wealth to go toward America’s people. Instead of seeing zeroes added to the balances of the accounts of the wealthy, we need to see the needs of the people met. How can we say America is doing well when 45 million Americans lack health care?
The past turns into the present. The present turns into the future. The time of hopelessness is in the past. We, the people, control the present and therefore control our future. Progress is the nature of humans, and it is the soul of America. Those that insist on living in the past will remain there, alone and forgotten. Those of us that embrace change will live in a new world. We all know that America is greatest country in the world. It is now time for us to prove it.
Friends of David Gill
