Where oh where will the money come from? I am asking a legit question, where is the money going to come from to help to help other countries in need when we can't even take care of our own? Ahhhh, the land of milk and honey, well the cow is going dry and the bees are on strike!!!
We, talking about the government that is, rush out to help every country in need whenever there is a disaster, whether it is natural or caused by man himself and that is a great thing, but who is helping us out? We have helped out, unfortunately due to war, the Middle East, we have given aid to the countries that fell victim to Katrina, we were and still are there, but who is helping us out? Granted, we are not desolate countries fight to gain a new government, nor have we become victims to an earthquake and earthquake caused tsunami, but we have people that are dying due to lack of medications, food, housing and medical care. Who is helping us out?
As we all know, there is global inequality, it is a fact, is it ever going to change? Probably not, and that is probably a fact, sorry to say. Inequality is here and has been here since the dawn of mankind (survival of the fittest). Does that mean that it can't be twisted around to being less? No.
Take women for instance, I hope I don't step on any one's toes. Women have revered as being the homemaker, housewife, mother, nurturer for many years and even centuries. Times have changed and will continue to change. Now I am no historian, but look at Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth (all of them), and whomever else you like. They were women in power, regardless of how they came into power, they were in power nonetheless. Look at today's Queen Elizabeth, do you see anyone telling her "no" or that she needs to step down because she is a woman? I don't think so. So why is it that certain women are in roles of power and others can't get up a rung in the corporate ladder or out from under the thumb of their husbands? Culture, history, general up bringing and false beliefs are major contributors to inequality everywhere.
We are a rich country, it may not be money we are rich in, since we have a huge national debt going on which keeps growing. But look at, aren't we, the U.S. victims of inequality? Aren't other countries demanding they receive payment from the countries they have helped out? We are not collecting from those that have owed us for years, but yet we are the first to lend aid of any kind to whomever needs it. Where is the equality there?
Culture has a great deal to do with inequality. Not only are women victims of inequality but so is the uneducated, gays, lesbians, homeless and the impoverished. In some countries the women are subservient to the men, they are at the beckoned call and demand of men, never to rise from it. This goes on generation after generation. But as we see, that is starting to change in the Middle East, women are beginning to stand up and be heard. Gays and lesbians have to remain "in the closet"/unknown due to the fact that they will be killed. Some of them may hold high ranking positions within their country, but should it be known that they are gay, they will die.
Here in the U.S. gays are still not accepted in the military. The thought that they can't serve as well or that they are going to corrupt the force is ridiculous. Seriously, does anyone really think that they're going to get it on in fox hole while under fire? Being gay doesn't make anyone any less of a person, nor does it mean that it is going to interfere with society or the business duties they have to perform. Just like being a woman isn't going to hinder job production. Inequality rears its ugly head at anyone different, whether you are male, female, straight or gay, color, short, fat, tall or skinny, it doesn't matter.
Inequality can change, though it would/will take a very long time, longer than any of us will ever see, but it can change. I begins with each one of us. We as individuals need to drop our prejudices of anyone or anything we disagree with and cop the attitude "what if that was me?" If a person can do a job to the satisfaction or above what is required regardless of sex then allow that person to advance, don't hold them back.
Like I said earlier, we help out everyone we can, but we really aren't taking care of our own. We are showing inequality to our own people and do and say nothing about it, but let the same thing happen elsewhere and watch us have a **** fit. Before we lend a hand to "clean someone else's house" we need to clean our own and take care of our own people. Homelessness and poverty is everywhere but it doesn't need to be. We need to take care of our own before we take care of others. Until the mindset of inequality changes, things are just going to get worse.
