Problems Arise With Simple Soloutions

I think that the very wealthy and owners of corporations forget that by not spending their money, and not wanting to pay more than minimum wage to those who have been with their companies for longer, that the economy doesn't get the proper boosting it needs. If poor and middle class people can't afford to do more than pay bills and buy food, then products are sitting on shelves collecting dust. Sure a few middle class people can buy things, but what about the people who have degrees in useful professions like engineering or teaching who cannot find work in the fields they are trained in? They're forced into jobs the only pay minimum wage in order to try and support themselves. Most minimum wage earners have to get a second or third job just to break even at the end of the month in most cases. Even then more people working two or three jobs, hardly getting a day off are forced to apply for government assistance.

Now think about those who are unable to work due to a disability or some other reason. What are they to do? Not every mental or physical problem qualifies for disability. They could apply for TANF and SNAP benefits, but then they are called lazy or are blamed for the state of the economy. Imagine not being able to stand because doctors have said that the problem with your legs is benign for now, but don't do certain things, like kneel or crouch. That cuts out quite a few jobs. Imagine being told that your insurance won't cover a surgery, which costs thousands of dollars, that could end the pain in your wrists and allow you to be able to type and work with computers better. There goes another list of jobs you can no longer do.
There are other ways to make money using the internet, loads of ways. However people usually get side tracked when they get online, not a sign of laziness but a sign that there are too many things to do that attract our attentions away from what is important.

Many people criticize others before they get to know that persons situation. Not everyone can work, not everyone is eligible for government assistance. The problem our culture is that we refuse to work together. Governments want more power than that other government, wealthy people want more money, and the rest of us just want to have a life with privacy that isn't taken away by the government and corporations owned by greedy people. If the people of the world set aside our differences and banded together against the governments of the world, we could eliminate debt, eliminate hunger, eliminate greed, eliminate hate, eliminate anything that stood in our path. Yet we feel that we need leaders. The truth is we honestly don't. If every person took responsibility for themselves and took care of the important things like family, friends and loved ones; there would be no war. There would be no hate or racism, no sexism, no greed. There would be people who cared for themselves, and those they shared the world with. People would be intelligent, have common sense, be friendly toward each other.

I say, take all of the land owned by companies and convert them into fields of naturally grown fruits and vegetables. Instead of corralling cows and other animals that we use for consumption, let them roam on large plots of tended land. Give each person or family a farm that stretches up to 10 acres and have each grown different crops and raise different animals. This would allow us to have something to bargain with each other that is not a hollow promise of payment. Markets could be filled with people trading and bargaining for goods instead of fighting over money printed on the empty coffers our country has now. This would also mean an end to crime believe it or not. If a man or woman were able to tend to their own needs in this way, what reason would they have for committing crime? There would be no money to steal, lavish objects; such as televisions, radios, and other things would be traded for(producing these objects would be easier too as hemp would be grown and hemp can be used to make a biodegradable plastic that lasts longer than plastic made through oil.)

Electricity can be taken care of with solar power, wind power from personal windmills, or water power from natural water sources. The internet should be accessible anywhere free of charge, using solar power means not having to worry about funding. Environment friendly towers could be installed and used to broad cast wireless signals, same with cell phones. Water naturally occurs all around us, there is also old tech like aqueducts that can be heavily improved on to being water from the ocean to our homes and farms.

This is all just wishful thinking and probably needs more fine tuning by some one who is more qualified. I am simply a writer who wishes to see a world where there is no poor or rich. No enemies or countries who fight with each other over things like oil. We are capable of so much, yet we focus on what makes us different from each other, takes sides, then fight over them.

Blessed be my friends,
Shadow