food

clothing

shelter

enough education to be competitive

in the modern workplace

and an honest day's wages

for an honest day's work

 

how hard can it really be ?

 

and following three industrial revolutions

why is it that we still have

unclothed

unhoused

uneducated

and

unfed

people,

anyhow ?

 

if you believe that these reflect

are our core american values,

as I do,

then,

I believe you are

one of the ninety-nine percent

 

so, what exactly is it

that is keeping this from happening ?

 

unmitigated greed

crass materialism

lying

murder

rapine

and 

theft

and deceit

just for starters

 

brought to you by your fellow

ninety-nine percenters ?

 

or is this all coming from 

that 1% who claim to be

the best and the brightest

and somehow

entitled to rule over

all of their fellows ?

those who refer to themselves as 

"the elite", and "the oligarchs" ?

  

what

is wrong with that picture ? 

 

isn't it the lack of love of

and lack of properly valuing of

our neighbors ?

without regard to race, or religion, or creed or ethnicity, or sexual orientations 

a good person remains a good person,

even in spite of all of these crazy and wild things

all who care about their domestic partners/husbands/wives, 

and their children, and their aging parents, will be found to 

have far more in common with one another, than they do 

have any actual differences

all "good" persons need to rise 

to the aid of their country 

and fellow countrymen and women

we all need each other

each individual, even the apparently lowliest,

having something very special and valuable 

to and for all the rest of us, collectively and individually,

would be my guess

I, for one, don't care to be cheated out of this

 

what do YOU think ?