WOW….today really made up for the not-so-eventful day yesterday. It was March 4th Day of Action where hundreds of people took to the streets to protest the budget cuts to public education, the privatization of schools, layoffs and furlough of teachers, the war (to name a few). It seemed that everyone had a bone to pick, yet the one thing in common between all who spoke and protested was the poor distribution of money in our government, locally and federally. Stats like: $500,000 is spent in just one day by the US military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan; that the top 5% or so of wealthiest people in CA make a total of $150 billion a year when the school’s system deficit is only $15 billion (only 10% of their annual income) is absolutely disgusting. Why are the rich not being taxed more? Why do such a large amount of people have to suffer, when there is apparently money for war and $700 BILLION worth of corporate and bank bailouts? What the hell is going on?
Standing in the protest and seeing and hearing everyone’s concern was overwhelming. There are so many things which need fixing and I wonder whether it can realistically be done. The system we live in is so screwed up and it’s not the responsibility of politicians to fix it, it’s the responsibility of the people to take make change. The problem is we lack numbers. We split ourselves into distinct groups rather than acting as one. Many are also uneducated as to the importance of the issues at hand, or feel that those issues don’t affect them. Most, like to live the myth that things are fine and that we live in a country with leaders who are open, honest, not corrupt, and who represent us. Whose interest are they really serving? The richer are getting richer and the poorer, poorer. “We” are fighting a war against terrorist/criminals overseas, when in reality; the criminals are here, in our country, in our government. When are we going to take back our government?
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