Mandatory Blog Post #3: Anger at the mark.

It is truly a sign of how far away from the ideal we have moved when we declare that we will not support those who need aid within this country. What is disturbing is the movement away from providing welfare programs, taking that money that could be used to help people, and moving it away to support war, the ultimate in hurting people aside from genocide. Perhaps it is the animal side of our minds that drives us to view those whom we see as not being contributors as evil. Perhaps, in older, ancient times, this view would have helped our tribes survive. We would leave the sick and the old to die alone, caring little for their suffering as we moved on to find resources. We are not held to such animal urges anymore, with all the advancements we have we could provide for everyone. Wealth could be spread among everyone. Instead, it is focused on the few, and those who are without are left without.
The reading drove home how dangerous the depraved view that somehow people who live on welfare are less then human is. It drives people to stay in abusive relationships, it forces people to live on less and expect less. It brings to the forefront the question: when are people going to think about their group instead of themselves. The obvious greed in the idea of telling people that they should not take welfare when they need it most is astounding. To tell women they should live in abusive relationships rather then try to make a life on their own to protect their kids shows how selfish our society has become. Poverty should be the enemy, not the impoverished. Instead of revile, society should act with compassion.
The views of society are obviously meant to keep the poor from rising up in the social ladder. Why else would programs that helped the poor be ended. It is the evil by the rich and powerful that says that people should be content with less. They merely do not want to share what they have. They do not want competition. They hate the ideals that America stands for.
Education is obviously the most powerful way in which people can gain a better life. That is why the rich desire to give less and less to education, ensuring that costs rise, and less and less people can compete with them. Education should be free; yet it is one of the most expensive undertakings that a person can push into. Education has become a barrier, instead of a ladder.
Which is why more programs like Access are needed. We need to provide people with a way to gain a foothold in the economic realm. Without such footholds, people will slip in greater and greater numbers into poverty. And even the rich cannot escape the consequences if our society collapses because of this greed. If correcting steps are not taken, this disastrous future is all but inevitable, as society is already showing signs of a possible collapse.