Did god make a mistake?

I keep wondering why we don't put more people back to work. It's the humane thing to do. If the private sector doesn't create enough jobs to employ every able-bodied American that genuinely wants to work -- well, then let's create more public sector jobs. Maybe aimed at improving the nation's infrastructure. Seems to me that would be a big boost to the economy and to the morale of our citizens. To pay for it all, we could siphon money from our defense budget. Or raise taxes on rich people. Especially the super rich. Just imagine. If everybody was gainfully employed, we'd have an immense amount of spending that stimulates the economy. Oh, I suppose that some day we'll figure out how to make for the good life. For everyone. Not just for the elites. No doubt, it will take a redistribution of wealth. So that there's less of a gap between the rich and the poor. It's gotta happen. We humans haven't been around all that long. So we need time to figure things out. I think we're generally better off than we were 1,000 years ago. In, oh, so many ways. We have new approaches to our political, social and economic problems. We haven't remained static. That's a positive sign. We keep muliplying. There's more of us around all the time. Billions and billions. Used to be only millions and millions. We gotta keep finding new ways to accommodate us all. And hey, we haven't done too bad a job of it. But maybe at some point we'll have to start limiting population growth. That's another subject. China has already taken steps in that direction. Better late than never. Maybe the answer is to find a way to colonize the moon. Or even a planet such as Mars. We'll need a few scientific breakthroughs. But I am of the belief that there are no limits to human potential. Let's show god that he didn't make a mistake in creating us in the first place. --Jim Broede