| Most of all I dream of a United States President who works to insure our nation benefits from the principles of peace, justice, and prosperity. The dream includes a President who brings our troops home from our occupation zones around the world before more damage is done on either side of the affair. The dream holds an administration focused on diplomacy using carrots instead of sticks to deal with foreign nations.
The dream means a world in which peace is a primary objective to be sought far ahead of any thought of belligerence or of military operations. In my dream the world's military forces are maintained at low levels in peacetime status. The forces are prepared to defend their individual nation from outside attack, but are not used to invade or to occupy any nation without being attacked first.
I dream of a world in which justice reigns as a supreme rule for all people no matter their sex, age, skin color, or nationality. Every person in my dream is treated fairly according the same rules as every other. In the world of my dreams all have an equal chance at finding success and happiness in their own fashion. There are no special rewards accorded the rich and the powerful beyond those of just treatment. Education and health care are given freely to one and all as a benefit of society and to benefit in return the society. A nation that holds an educated and healthy citizenry will be a more prosperous country at the end of the day.
Prosperity rules in my dream as all peoples of all nations work to the betterment of the entire globe. In the absence of massive military expenditures to drain national economies, investments are made in basic research, in infrastructure such as highways and public buildings, and in education. Factories produce goods that people with good jobs can buy. And the capitalist circle continues to the benefit of all.
Is this too much for which to dream? I think not. Every day we hear news of the failures in our nation and in our world at large. There are more than enough reports of crime to go around these days. The housing market is slumping. The financial markets suffer. News of war zones and various areas of armed conflict around the globe are terrible. Global warming increases day by day as the environment is affected by the actions of humankind and the natural forces of our globe.
When ever will this situation end? Can my dream of peace, justice, and prosperity come to fruition one day? I submit the dream is much more than the meanderings of a simple mind unable to face reality. Leaders with great visions and dreams of a better future exist in our country today. The trick is to find those people and to see to their election at every level in our nation.
We need leaders who not only espouse great dreams but who have solutions to the issues facing us today. Any person can find fault and point out the problems. The real trick is finding solutions. We need leaders who surround themselves with problem solvers. We need people with the ability to see a problem and to find a variety of solutions to the issue. Then we need a leader who can sort through the various solutions to find the one way to best face and correct the problems.
We need our dreamers in the world today, and no, I am not talking about any one political candidate of the day, but speaking in general to one and all. In particular I speak to the voting public at large. We each and every one must take action every day to see to solutions. We must cease our bickering and begin to work together to make the best solutions become reality. We have no more time to complain about what is not happening. We must move to make progress on all fronts.
Together we can move a nation. We must hold to that dream of a finer place one day. Those who let go their dreams lose all hope. We who dream must share our hopes and our ambitions and our dreams that others, too, may find the right to dream. We stand together or we fall apart. We are after all in this together.
By touching one heart, one mind at a time we can begin to make the differences that will shape our world for generations to come. It is only by failing to take action and failing to share our dreams that we insure the status quo.
Reminder for one and all. I am running for Congress, DE-01. Please check out the website or the ActBlue page and support the effort. Your help is needed for the effort to succeed. Contributions of all sorts, both moral and monetary are most appreciated.
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