In Whom?

What do you think the chances are for a ship with no compass and no rudder to reach a destination? Pretty slim, unless the wind just blows it along in the right direction. It is my observation that America just might be such a ship. Remember, I am an observer by nature and training. The opinions I just make up.

On our coins it states, "In God We Trust." But, do we trust in God? According to a Gallup poll we don’t trust that much - less than 50% of the population. We as a people have some trust in our military which ranked about 78%, but that’s down over the past ten years. We trust the police less at about 56%.

Americans trust for congress is 13%. I’m surprised it was that high. Only about 35% trust the office of the presidency. We don’t trust newspapers or any media for that matter. About a third of us have any trust in our public school system. And, big business is way down on the list of institutions we don’t trust, but not as low as congress. We trust a skunk with it’s tail up more than them.

The point is that we have lost our trust in traditional institutions that are the foundation for this country to survive. There is a strange thing about foundations. When they crumble, everything else falls.

I certainly agree that there is legitimate cause for our lack of trust. We have been cheated and lied to so many times and suffered from the effects. What then are we to do if we as a country are to survive? The answer is simple. The solution is difficult.

Unless we are willing to stand and demand that the institutions that serve and support us change, we will be asking, ‘in whom do we trust’ right up to the end. We must restore integrity and just plain common sense and good business.

I don’t know about you but I would like to have schools that teach reading, writing and arithmetic without fear they will offend someone. I would like to see business that earns a profit on good products or services with employees that are paid a fair wage. And, employees that actually give a days work for a days pay. I want government run like a business, meaning less intrusion into private lives and operation within a limited budget. No more news for entertainment - just the facts and all the facts.

And, I would like for us to return to Judeo-Christian values that carry over into everything we do in business and private lives.

Then, we would begin to have trust again.

Nothing funny today. There is nothing funny about drifting afloat.

PMO
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