Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Caught in the Headlights
Locked on to the federal political spectacle, one might very well conclude our future is hopeless. But once one breaks the fixation and takes a look around, there are many opportunities to begin making the local changes required in preparing to dismantle our national disgrace.
Local corruptions like fraud, embezzlement, and tax evasion are the tributaries that feed the streams of illicit funds that bankroll larger corruptions of lobbyists and political parties that presently flood our state and national capitols. To prevent our entire society from being inundated by this habitual criminality, restoration has to start in thousands of cities and small towns.
This is a rich country; there is no reason for anyone to be homeless, hungry, or without medical care. When one exposes phony philanthropy, for instance, as a veil for colossal larceny, one gets a sense of how vulnerable the whole culture of white collar crime really is. Lifting the veil is not a mission to take lightly or in cavalier fashion, but it is a prerequisite to de-educating and dis-organizing an in-active populace still caught in the headlights.
Local corruptions like fraud, embezzlement, and tax evasion are the tributaries that feed the streams of illicit funds that bankroll larger corruptions of lobbyists and political parties that presently flood our state and national capitols. To prevent our entire society from being inundated by this habitual criminality, restoration has to start in thousands of cities and small towns.
This is a rich country; there is no reason for anyone to be homeless, hungry, or without medical care. When one exposes phony philanthropy, for instance, as a veil for colossal larceny, one gets a sense of how vulnerable the whole culture of white collar crime really is. Lifting the veil is not a mission to take lightly or in cavalier fashion, but it is a prerequisite to de-educating and dis-organizing an in-active populace still caught in the headlights.
