Just some musings

Prosperity comes with education but not necessarily with what society deems as education, aka college degrees. Some of the most prosperous individuals did not have a college education. Free enterprise, inventiveness, creativity, experience, mentorships, studying/learning from the masters, are education and are needed in our society. Everyone has a talent. Everyone has a purpose. Everyone is unique and can contribute to society. What I see a lot of are people numb to the spirit and those stirrings that urge them to do good and share and multiply their talents. They are gliding through life wanting, and in America especially, expecting an easy path, a free ride, with the smallest work possible. Socialism therefore looks good to them. They have no idea the loss of freedom it entails. You can be "poor" by societies standards and still be happy and fulfilled in life. Prosperity does not only equate to money. The problem comes when you are not happy in your situation and seek to drag others down with you. Another large part of the problem is those who are not educated as to the government, the reasons why we have our freedom, the understanding of the constitution, history, and the different forms of government and how they are instituted and incorporated into a society. They don't teach this stuff anymore in public education- they do the general but not the depth and understanding. A lot of kids think we live in a democracy, which we don't or at least it was not intended to be. We are a republic. Our children are lucky if they can even say the pledge of allegiance in school anymore. A lot of teens don't even know the definition of socialism or communism. Our education system is falling apart and it doesn't require more money to reform it. It requires good leaders and a new method of presentation. We need to switch from training a working class to training good leaders and individuals who know how to think and create, and follow those feelings within them that lead them to do what they were intended to do in their life, whether it be delivering mail, baking cakes, healing others, or leading a country. :)