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The main theme of my writing is that every citizen should be entitled to a life sustaining dividend from their Common Share of the Nations resources. I still believe that Capitalism is the best economic system for America, as long as we preserve the democratic form of Government . But we must not allow the power and corrupting force of the Love of Money to destroy our concern for the well being of all our citizens.
We must make it possible for the least capable among us to contribute all that they can and will to produce goods and services to the whole. We must require the most capable among us to share a greater burden while reaping a greater reward in return for what they do in exploiting the resources of the Nation.
Their is never a moral reason to abandon any individual along the highway of life to death, while others living on that highway reward themselves with more and bigger homes and more and faster cars. While it is true that some are entitled to greater reward for greater achievement, others gain wealth from the privilege of ownership of productive resources. The commonwealth derived from these resources belong to all the people equally. A portion of these resources can provide the essentials of life [food, shelter, medical care, education] in equal amount to each & every citizen. There is no reason why our society cannot be both cooperative at the survival level and competitive at the reward level.
Written by William Hodge 3/23/2018
