
NAMASTE! The early voting has been underway for the past two weeks and most of the libraries in my county in north central Florida have been swamped with citizens voting and campaigning in the parking lots for their favorite candidate. Touting signs like: Condemn The Democratic Candidate For Promoting Late Term Abortions and The Republican Candidate Is A Convict. These are definitely worthwhile points to shed light on, but nowhere near the top of the list of national concerns! The parking lot campaigners are a mix between mostly retired senior citizens, sprinkled in with very few ranging from 25-50 years old. I’d expect the majority of them would be a seasoned, wise group, broadcasting the most important reasons for new leadership! Not even close!
In short, We’re told we live in the richest country on earth. More billionaires (approx 800) and millionaires (approx 21 million) than all of the remaining countries, combined! Yet the U.S. is unnecessarily #1 in: child and elderly poverty, hunger, homelessness, abuse, and neglect! The richest nation on earth also has more of it’s people imprisoned than the rest of the countries have imprisoned, combined! The so called Greatest Nation On Earth is also unnecessarily plagued with Extreme: poverty, hunger, homelessness, unemployment, below living wage employment, price gouging of everything needed, fear, lack of government representation, depression, mass suicides, dysfunction, drug, alcohol, and tobacco addiction. To name a few on a long list of never-ending designed suffering!
Inside the library there are typically no less than 3 to 7 senior citizens that are among the local homeless! I’ve been told by them that some nights they can stay in shelters. Other nights they must sleep in their cars if they own one, or outside in the open, where often times they’re arrested for being poor and without a home!! Back outside in the parking lot It’s obvious that the seniors campaigning are not homeless or they’d probably be holding signs sharing a much different message!
I’m disappointed with the choices of signs being used in the parking lot! Sadly, they represent the view of the overwhelming majority of Americans. Somehow, they act as if either they’re unaware of all of the suffering here, or they simply just don’t care! Please let me know your thoughts on this subject! NAMASTE!