HURRAH! A cooperative worldwide effort to rescue Thailand children trapped in a flooded cave has rescued them all in less than 3 weeks from the time they entered the cave to the time of their rescue.
It should be much easier, shouldn't even take a heroic effort, to rescue children trapped in separation from their families at the Mexican border. These things are possible, but this week this administration did not even meet the first deadline to get all the children below 5 years old reunited with their families.
It should even be logistically possible with a cooperative world wide effort to develop economic systems that could rescue all the hungry children everywhere living in poverty, 1 in 5 in the US. According to a recently released United Nations report, “The United States has the highest rate of income inequality among Western countries [. . . .] The $1.5 trillion in tax cuts in December 2017 overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy and worsened inequality.”
In Maine the situation is worse according to Maine Equal Justice Partners. Since the election of Governor LePage in 2010, childood poverty has risen: "One in every six children in Maine lives in poverty. But more troubling still, the depth of poverty is getting worse for Maine children. One out of every 13 children is living in extreme or “deep poverty” here in Maine. That means that their family’s income is less than half of the poverty level—less than $840 a month for a family of three. For many, it’s much less."
Such inequality and poverty is a direct result of economic policies that are chosen by elected leaders. The solution is to elect different leaders than the ones in power now, leaders who will fulfill the constitutional promises of promoting the general welfare, the common good, and equality for all. Please consider carefully when you vote this November.
Published, The Star Herald, July 18, 2018
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