A New Beginning

Zach Gibson via Getty Images For the last few years nothing has been more obvious than the fact that Congress and the American government is not working. The gridlock is preventing any action on all major issues. Except for the few folks who believe that the best thing government can do is nothing, the rest of us believe that the Congress should work to enact the things that the constitution says they are supposed to do: “establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty” to all. The frustration in the country was clearly tapped into by both the campaign of Bernie Sanders and the campaign of Donald Trump. Both of the major parties have become so bought and dependent on big money that it appears to many that they have lost their moral compass, abandoned their principles, and have sold out to their special interest. We need to begin a much wider debate about a Moral revolution. There are things that are just not right. There are issues that affect all citizens that are not one parties or the others issues. They are American issues and they need to be promoted. One of these issues is the staggering disparity in the wealth in this country. That there are four hundred families with more wealth than the rest of the country is not good for this country. That there are CEO’s who make $90,000 an hour with employees who make minimum wage is not right. That all of the wealth generated in the last eight years has gone to the 1% is not right. It is not right that hard working people cannot maintain a life on the minimum wage. The economic playing field is not level. There is no rising tide that is lifting all boats. The middle class has disappeared. They are the ones who hope that the new President will bring back their good jobs. There has to be a coming together of all citizens that demands that government act morally and adjust the economic realities so that there is a different transfer of wealth back to the citizens. The richest man in China recently commented that American corporations have failed the country by not returning their profits to their employees and to the citizens who have provided the environment for the corporation to succeed. However the discussion goes, whatever programs are developed the moral reality is that the wealth needs to be distributed differently to rest of the citizens. Another of the moral issues is the whole question of health care. It is not right that we have the richest country in the world and do not have universal health care for all citizens. All the other developed nations have some form of universal health care. It is not morally right for companies to make enormous profits over drugs that people need in order to live. It does not matter if the ACA is overturned […]

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