Hope for America, 30 years from today
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Editor,
Thirty years hence: Here are some possibilities based upon “people power.”
• First, the U.S. healthcare system, now single payer, is working beautifully with an overall healthier populous.
• The woman-dominated Congress opens each session by singing “We Have Overcome” then reports on the newest fashions and home-making trends from the DOE (Department Of Essentials).
• The “Corporations Are People Act” was stricken from the books in 2018. In time, sensible campaign finance reform and the disallowing of any financial contributions by lobbyists to any individual, group, organization, or political party was passed. Result? Many fine non-millionaire type folks run for office, get elected and with term limits in place they tend to the business of legislating rather than constantly running for office and building campaign war chests.
• Our military is now a very streamlined security-focused operation with all necessary equipment in place. More than 50 percent of military personnel come from PEP (Prisoner Empowerment Program) which closed 40 percent of U.S. prisons. Selected inmates are inducted into the military, given supervised training and work, and paid a prison wage. In addition to enhancing the lives of many, many young people, these adjustments are saving the U.S. $2 trillion dollars each year without compromising U.S. security.
The primary reason for these changes is because the true American spirit of independence — that is of the people, by the people, and for the people — is flourishing. Many successful local community-building programs received so much publicity through the years that it spread throughout individual states and to the national political stage. The primary components have been dialogue, listening to each other, cooperative attitudes and clearly defined goals. This dramatic attitude-shift has actually moved the driver of our national agenda from money-power to people-power.
This letter was inspired by dialogues we are having at our “Journey Be” gatherings every Sunday morning from 10 a.m. to noon. Some call it “church,” some call it “the gathering,” some call it “Sunday service.”
What we call it makes little difference. What we learn about living life together with compassion, love, service to those asking for help and self-empowerment does make all the difference.
Bob McClellan
Polson
