Is America the solution to the world’s crisis? Here are my thoughts:
I thought about this blog for quite some time. I was thinking I would go religious and wish for the second coming of Jesus Christ, then I thought maybe I would wish for world peace like one of those bubble headed pageant girls, or maybe I would wish for everyone to just get along and obey the golden rule.
None of these wishes seemed realistic to me. The religious one only makes sense if you believe in God. The world peace wish just seems to be too widely used and the golden rule, though I believe this rule could change the world, it just seemed too obvious of a wish.
I finally decided that I wanted my wishes to be real and ones that could truly be implemented.
A country is only as good as its people, so I am focusing my 3 wishes on changing the lives of the people and in return they will change the country and then the country will help change the world. I am also going to direct my 3 wishes solely to the American people, because I believe if given the proper tools we can start this chain and see it through.
Americans have good hearts. You saw it after 9-11 when everyone banded together to help. You saw it after Hurricane Katrina. You see it now in Haiti. Given the opportunity, Americans will do the right thing. What would stop Americans from doing the right thing? I believe it is their own personal financial situation which limits them to the good they can do.
Take the average American household, it is plagued with debt. Medical bills, college bills, car payments, mortgage etc. All this debt keeps Americans down. Keeps Americans from being the great people I know they could be. I say let’s cut the debt, give Americans relief and give them an opportunity to change the world.
My first wish would be free college to those who wish to attend. By giving free college, you are not only investing in the individual’s future, you are investing in America’s future, creating a stronger more educated nation.
My second wish would be free healthcare to those who are sick. Give free healthcare to those in need. This just makes sense to me. People have the burden of medical bills weighing them down, forcing them to file bankruptcy, forcing them to foreclose on their house and forcing them to lose all they have because someone in their family is sick and needs healthcare.
My third wish would be that Americans can only live within their financial means. Having Americans spend only the money they earn, creates a stable foundation and will almost end bankruptcy, foreclosures and the homeless.
If these 3 wishes were granted, Americans would be highly educated, financially stable and be in a better situation to help the world as a nation. You can’t help someone else if you have not helped yourself first. We need to get in a better place before we can help the world get in a better place.
In summary, give Americans a helping hand and they in return will extend that helping hand to others.
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I think the idea of having americans only spend the money they have is a great idea. I think there would be a lot less problems for a lot of people and banks. I think your three wishes would be awesome because i would love to go to college for free.
ReplyDeleteI second the idea on going to college for free..I believe that there would be more students who would be willing to attend college and achieve their goal of occupation.
ReplyDeleteYour blogs are always so interesting and knowledgable. Americans do have good hearts in helping with 9/11 and the hurricans and stuff but why can't we have good enough hearts to help our own peoploe. Does it have to get to that extreme of a hurrican to get help?
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