The system ain't working.

The capitalist system works for me. Therefore, it’s often convenient to ignore  the ways capitalism doesn’t work for others.  For the poor. The destitute. The unfortunate. Too easy to say, if it works for me, it’s gotta work for others. But that ain’t necessarily true. There’s an ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor under modern-day capitalism. That’s not right. It’s immoral. That’s my opinion. At the breakfast table this morning,  my Italian true love read in the newspaper that in Milan, 100,000 people stand in food lines daily. They can’t afford food. They need help. Assistance. A hand-out. If it can happen in Milan, it’s certainly happening in the rest of the world. All over. Even in industrialized nations. Because people are out of work. And even if they have jobs, they don’t earn enough to provide themselves with the basics of life. Look around. Especially in big cities. You’ll spot homeless people. Roaming the streets. Sleeping under viaducts. Or on a grassy knoll. Again, it ain’t right. I don’t see these people as worthless bums.  Instead, many of ‘em are victims of a capitalist system that doesn’t work. That rewards the few at the expense of the many. That fails to serve the common good.  I’m not sure about the solution.  Maybe it’s a revised, better form of capitalism.  All I know is that capitalism isn’t working. And something needs to be done. For too long, as a society, we’ve ignored the obvious.  The system ain’t working. –Jim Broede