Conclusions
In this series of blogs I have found that there could be
a some common denominators that fit into the three issues, and those are
education, health, background, and I could include race into the equation as
well.
Education is a major factor that allows the possibility
of upper mobility. Having my daughter and wife in college I can see the high
cost of education. With higher education cost increasing at a much higher rate
than inflation or the cost of living, and republicans trying to cut education
and thus making it harder for people to borrow to go to school this only
concentrates the power in the very few at the top, and therefore making sure
that upper mobility becomes almost impossible, except for rare cases such as
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, or other extremely successful individuals. When
looking at education I know that there other models out there in the world,
with many countries having free or very affordable universities.
Health. We think of it, and treat it as a commodity. It
isn’t. Most people go about their business and don’t follow the stock market or
the cost of other commodities on the stock exchange. But they do know how
precious their health is, and that, if need be, they will lose their house and
other material goods when their health and life is on the line.
Background. We talk about liberty, but if someone is born
from parents who live in the “wrong” neighborhood their education is going to
be limited compared to the child born in the “right” neighborhood. Now that
child did not chose to be born in that family and that neighborhood, it just
happened. Same thing could be said about race. Many people say let us dismantle
the public education and fund private or charter schools. There is no proof
that charter schools are better. They just simply make somebody wealthy,
usually at the cost of public education. A woman that I used to work with used
to say I don’t want my taxes going to the poor neighborhoods, I want them only
for my town. The way the system is setup through property automatically creates
a different tier of education, and thus discriminates “legally” against the
people that are not able to afford a better area.
In conclusion, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
are all greatly tide up with the education possibilities and what doors can be
opened in their lifetime to achieve the pursuit of happiness that people would
like. Same can be said with the health that people can receive and at what
cost.
I, for one, as a believer, think of my happiness coming
from knowing that, although I did nothing to deserve it, somebody died for me,
and through that forgave my sins, no matter how big those are, through that
demonstration of love I have liberty of my sin, as it is not through the
constitution but through my creator and my savior I receive these rights, here
in the US and anywhere else I may live.
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