COLORADO SPRINGS, CO —Too many of us who are lacking money are afraid and ashamed to stand up and build a country of liberties. In a society that teaches that money is God, it is embarrassing to admit you lack money to pay the rent. In fact if there was a call to “help pay rent” for families, too many people would have too much dignity to admit they need help. Yet rents can be as much as $1,000 a month or more.
Our government tells us there are only about 41 million out of 320 million people who cannot afford the 30 items of basic needs. And the newspapers do not get more advertisers by telling their readers the truth. Even advocates for the poor often see no reason to combat the falsehood. They tell you when three out of ten children do not have enough to eat, that they are warm enough, or have electricity to work on a computer. That is three too many.
There is no reason why all persons should not have an equal share of the creator’s gifts. Yet the government of King Trump has reduced the amount of heat and electricity aid to children’s families from say $645, to $200 a year. People need to stand up and realize it’s not their fault that they are badly paid, and that the minimum wage is not a livable amount. There is a real income gap in America.
Half of the population of America is working for 1/2 of their real needs. This disaster is due to the employers and the owners; it’s not the employee’s fault. We cannot continue to be ashamed and remain quiet about the greed of others.
We have to build a functioning/loving government.
It is time to say the truth—that nearly 4 out 5 children lack enough nourishing food to eat. We have to stop those working for a living from being badly paid.
Sharing society’s wealth is the answer to human poverty. Join our fight for an end to poverty.
Contact Jan Lightfoot at 719.465.3454
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