Does "The American Dream" have any meaning in 2004 ? 

So! How can the rich take care of the poor without making them rich?  The answer there is simple! Find other non-monetary ways to reward the poor that does not raise them to the level of the rich. Many things come to mind here. Universal health and dental care. What exactly stops us from making sure every American has a shot at being healthy? Don't we already have a universal school system to ensure every American has an acceptable level of educated gray matter? Why don't we rant and scream against universal everything? We don't because we can't! Universal isn't a dirty word; it embodies salvation for all of us on many levels.

We're afraid, afraid to go the rest of the way and accept responsibility for our fellow who doesn't have as much. It's the next step we have to take, multiply each other through caring about each other, even more than money. By thus refusing to raise the poor, the ceiling gets lowered down and bangs the rich in the head. The push-pull of the Universe; we either live by it and grow, or we die by it. What kind of death? Well, there's the economic fallout we're experiencing now nationwide is a type of resultant death that comes from not taking the next step. And there is yes real death; the death that spreads through sickness and disease that finds a rich place to grow in the wide base of poor people who can't afford either proper nutrition or needed medicines! 

Taking that next step is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of widespread intellectual application of simply doing what's right. In the end, the rich will be even richer and healthier because the wide base below isn't teaming with contagious diseases just outside their palace doors...

What will the American Dream of tomorrow be?  Pie, or crust?
{Not intended as a political statement, just a  
statement of {link>>Tomorrow's World}  

Hospitals make the first chess move <> Free Preventive Basic Care for chronically ill <> October 2006 Slice of Pie American Dream Update.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/health/25insure.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&th&emc=th
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/health/25insure.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&th&emc=th

What is making us so Sick?

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