Imagine

Imagine money was no object when it comes to providing help and services to those in need everywhere. (And clearly it isn't since we're already nearly 40 trillion in debt.)

What would be the criteria for determining if a program should be started, how long it should run, when it should be terminated, and how it's effectiveness should be measured?

Is it really about money? Or is it about who we think deserves to be helped and why? And, who deserves the lion's share of the benefits provided by a prosperous society?

Maybe we monitize our priorities in order to avoid dealing with our fears, ignorance and prejudices. Perhaps we accept the false notion that help is a commodity with a hierarchy based on needs determined by those who hold the purse and judge the troubled and downtrodden by their political worth.

It seems we live in a world of lack, surrounded by a world of favor. We lack the resources, the will, the courage, the commitment and the humanity. We favor a world of security, control, power, glitz and ease.