Reply #20: People Are Losing Control of Their Lives [View All]

[Yavin4]

They're working, sometimes multiple jobs, but they're not becoming middle class nor are they gaining any real control over their lives. They're getting poorer and poorer as time goes by. The only organizations talking to these people on a daily basis are the religious ones. Unions are almost extinct and have no answers, and the Democratic party is more concerned about getting coporate donations than they are about addressing these peoples' economic problems.

Money doesn't solve all problems, but it does give you control over your life. If you have a major illness in your family, you can get the medical help to cure it if you have money. Without money, your life is out of control. Religion gives people the idea that they have control when they don't. People in other first world nations use their political power to enact laws that give people such control, like a national health care plan.