Listening to Aloe Blacc's "I need dollar" this morning made me think of all the families out there struggling to meet their needs. Although we struggle, there is no doubt that food will be on the table, that we will have the things we need (and I differentiate between need and want).
What about the people that are spiralling into debt? For the average person, even defaulting on rent for a few months will create a debt cycle that can take years to get out of. With Christmas coming up it makes me feel so, so sad for these people and their families: in Greece, Ireland, Iceland, America...
What will it take for us to see the absurdity of the system? Because if we did all "share our dollars" like in the song, there would be no problem. The world has more than enough dollars to feed, house, clothe everyone and more, and that thought is perhaps the saddest of all.
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