A New Creative Solution

A New Creative Solution
by Robert G Parent

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -- Ben Franklin

From Dictionary.com Virtuous means "conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright:"

I think people do and want to live a virtuous life. For me, virtuous means people helping people. We do this. Out of all the natural and unnatural disasters we've had in the past, the number one means of support for those that needed it was the people. We've given more money, not any government. We've had more volunteers to help those, not any government forces. We spend more money on many different charities then any government. So why should we stop there.

Why can't we use this same spirit that we used to help people in past disasters? In health care, I believe we could come up with local solutions that cost far less and be of assistance to more people. In education, in the past parents and the local communities had more control in educating their children, why can't we come up with a present solution that does the same thing? In Welfare, why can't businesses come up with local solutions to help those who've lost a job or have fallen on hard times. Rich people have set up funds and trusts. Why can't businesses set up their own funds and trusts to help those in need. To those that do this, we would continue to support them in their businesses. Why would we do this? Well think about it for a few seconds.

The solutions to this economic situation we find ourselves in is simple. We need to get back to more local control. We need to produce our own foods, our own needs, our own services. The way we have this global marketplace set up now is not working because we have rich countries and we have poor countries. By going local, we would balance the equation better. Now global things like the Internet and local foods are good and have their own place because we need to have diversity and knowledge, so each local area can grow and become better for their people. Going more local is one of the ideas that I believe the founding fathers had in mind when they created the Constitution of the United States. Let us put the virtuous spirit that we all have to better use and make this planet the garden it once was.