This just in: “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you are right.” – Henry Ford

Did you know that the first person to fly a plane and the first person to walk on the moon lived at the same time?

We are capable of great things.  I don’t say this as a way to cheer you on.  I’m just making an observation.  We have done great things and thus, I can reliably state that we are capable of doing great things.

Are there other great things that we can do, other than land on the moon?  I’m not asking about “speculation”.  I’m asking for evidence that we can do great things that need to be done.

Where am I going with this?

Of course, you already know….there is a list to be made.

1. We can create a system of healthcare for all.  I know this because it is being done in all of the industrialized nations of the world; outside of the United States.
2. We can create an educational system that prepares our children (and thus our country) for the future without creating a share-cropper type of indebtedness to pay for that education.  I know this because we have done it in the past and many other industrialized countries are doing so right now.
3. We can keep ourselves safe in a dangerous world without spending 800 billion a year on the military.  I know this because we spend more than the next 10 “high spending” countries combined and yet…they are safe.
4. We can put an end to the 80-90 gun deaths per day.  I know this because every other industrialized country has been able to do so.
5. We can solve Climate Change. I am only pretty sure about this.  However, I do believe in science because…we put a man on the moon.

There is a reason we are not doing all of these great things that we are capable of doing – Money in Politics.

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!” – Upton Sinclair

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim