| If the richer developed Nations don't help the poorer | | | | one-way or the other. |
| undeveloped nations on planet earth we are just | | | | We cannot afford to wait any longer, if we don't act |
| speeding up the extinction of our species. People | | | | now the human species may not survive. The |
| from the underdeveloped countries will continue to | | | | undeveloped countries are producing the most |
| move legally or illegally to the richer nation seeking a | | | | children and in time they will overrun the developed |
| better life, jobs and money to send home to their | | | | nations. The world population reached 5 billion in 1987 |
| starving and deprived families. It is always the | | | | and just 12 years later it reached 6 billion in 1999. The |
| strongest, bravest and most resourceful that will | | | | United States Census Bureau reports that |
| leave driven by desperation to emigrate looking for a | | | | approximately one fifth of all humans that have ever |
| better life. They want the benefits, privileges and life | | | | existed in the last six thousand years are alive today. |
| style they envision available in the developed | | | | Population issues alone clearly demonstrate this. |
| countries. They want what the "have's " have. | | | | Population projections indicate that the world |
| Some succeed in finding jobs but many fail | | | | population will reach, 7.6 billion by 2020, 8.2 billion by |
| unprepared for adapting to a new culture, and not | | | | 2030, 8.7 billion by 2040 and 9.1 billion by the year |
| having qualified job skills. Consequently, they often | | | | 2050. The greatest increase will in the |
| are forced resort to crime either in gangs or | | | | underdeveloped and developing nations in Africa, Asia, |
| individually, or they may become dependant on their | | | | and India and among Hispanics. At the same time the |
| adopted countries draining medical and social services | | | | United States and European population has decreased |
| and costing the countries millions of Euros, pounds or | | | | significantly with lower birth rates. On the average |
| dollars. Tax paying citizens of the richer countries | | | | the developed nations are losing population, at the |
| resent supporting these interlopers. | | | | rate of 30% with each successive generation. |
| Those who emigrate leave behind the elderly, | | | | We are on the edge of a crisis living on the top of a |
| women and children and the sick thus diluting their | | | | sharp razor blade. Slice it one way and we will all |
| culture and the ability to protect themselves from | | | | survive, slice it another way and we will all die-and |
| marauding bands of warriors from neighboring | | | | take humankind with us. |
| countries as we see this in Africa today. This results | | | | Over population isn't our only problem but it speeds |
| in the deprived countries sinking farther and farther | | | | up and creates other problems like crowding, scarce |
| into despair and oblivion competing and fighting for | | | | food production, pollution of air and water sources, |
| fewer and fewer resources. | | | | global warming and the consequences that go along |
| They lack the basic necessities required to sustain life | | | | with climate changes issues like melting ice caps, |
| like clean water, food, housing, good soil, access to | | | | contamination and destruction of our oceans and |
| health care, education, birth control, and | | | | forests, green house effect, to name a few. All are |
| immunizations from diseases long controlled in | | | | impacted by overpopulation and accelerated by |
| developed countries. They lack infrastructure to | | | | uneducated and uninformed people living and dying at |
| develop resources basic to modern progress. | | | | subsistence levels, which can lead to the possible |
| Requirements like roads, water, dams, bridges, tools | | | | extinction of out species. |
| for cultivation, animals for food and so on, are not | | | | If you don't know where your next meal is coming |
| available to them. | | | | from, worries or care for the earth is the farthest |
| These same problems have existed from the | | | | thing on your mind. Basic needs for survival come |
| beginning of civilization in tribal wars over food, rivers, | | | | first. Only when these needs are met can someone |
| clean water, and land boundaries, and oil. Today we | | | | focus on higher issues. When bellies are full, food, |
| see similar problems in the Southwest states of the | | | | clean water, and shelter are readily available, then |
| United States, with illegal immigrants from Mexico and | | | | people can go to school, and learn about restoring |
| Central and South America risking their lives to get | | | | scarce resources, not polluting, birth control, |
| into the US to do any job that will allow then to send | | | | cleanliness, and preventive health care. Then they can |
| money home to their starving families. Similar | | | | participate in being good stewards of the planet and |
| situations exist with Africans invading Europe; eastern | | | | consequently raising the quality of life for themselves, |
| European country citizens moving into Germany, | | | | their children and for all humans. A good place to |
| Austria; Asians moving to the United States; Cubans | | | | start could be using Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal |
| to Florida; Middle Easterners to Detroit, Israel and the | | | | programs that brought the United States back from |
| Palestinians to name a few. | | | | the disastrous great depression of the 1930's. Two |
| We must learn and fast that the deprivation of any | | | | of these programs alone created 10.5 million jobs The |
| of our fellow humans is a problem for all of us. Our | | | | Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) and with Work |
| current approach to solving these problems is like | | | | Progress Administration (WPA). The United States is |
| ostriches with our heads in the sand. Denial won't | | | | still enjoying the long-range benefits of these forward |
| work any longer. Instead putting out fires after they | | | | thinking projects. The construction component of the |
| start we need to work on a formula of prevention. | | | | WPA built 650,000 miles of roads, 125,000 public |
| We must be more pro-active in helping poorer | | | | buildings, 75,000 buildings, 800 airports, the Hoover |
| countries develop their natural resources, build their | | | | dam and parks. The CCC constructed 3,982,000 |
| infrastructures, help them learn cultivation and | | | | dams as a form of erosion control, built 141,000 |
| modern farming methods, create jobs, and educate | | | | bridges, 44,475 buildings. They devoted full time to |
| their people to improve the standard of living and | | | | soil conservation work on 4 million acres in 31 states, |
| quality of life. Together we can implement actions to | | | | and built park and picnic areas, planted trees for |
| save our species. And together we can construct a | | | | state, municipal and private forests. This program |
| more humane civilization. | | | | alone put 2.5 million physically fit unmarried young men |
| No peoples on earth today should suffer starvation; | | | | to work, and sent money home to their families. |
| or die from rampant disease like the pandemic of | | | | If we did this 75 years ago why couldn't it be done |
| AIDS in Africa, malaria, and dysentery from drinking | | | | today? While these programs were not flawless they |
| dirty infected water. We collectively have the | | | | were inventive. We could learn from and remedy any |
| money, knowledge, resources and motivated people | | | | mistakes that may have been made then. |
| to work toward solving this problem. Many volunteer | | | | A second possibility is to take the best of the |
| programs worldwide are able and willing to help the | | | | Marshall Plan implemented from 1948 to 1951 for the |
| United Nation to create jobs, oversee and implement | | | | reconstruction and rebuilding many European countries |
| programs to achieve these goals. | | | | after the devastation of World War 11. In just four |
| It is imperative that we look at the BIG picture and | | | | years it assisted the economic recovery. Every |
| set large goals and small achievable baby steps to | | | | country included, except Germany grew beyond the |
| move forward to raise the standard of living and | | | | pre-war level. Industrial production increased by 35%, |
| quality of life for every human being. Education is key | | | | agricultural production increased, and poverty and |
| to giving everyone the opportunity to unlock and | | | | starvation disappeared. With political reforms and |
| achieve his or her potential. | | | | under supervision of neutral parties like the United |
| We privileged humans are like children playing in a | | | | Nations this could solve the illegal immigration |
| sandbox, selfishly holding on to our precious toys | | | | problems in the world today. |
| mostly gained from the hard work of others and | | | | If we did this 60 years ago why couldn't we do it |
| given to us as gifts. When we don't share bullies will | | | | today? We know how! |
| take them away from us or two or more will gang | | | | We are all connected, it is time to recognize this and |
| up and together take them away with force if | | | | act to save ourselves, all of us and create a brave |
| necessary and will do so with hatred and | | | | new world for our descendants. Human survival |
| resentfulness at our selfishness, feeling no qualms or | | | | depends on our actions today. Our challenge now is |
| remorse at their means of our defeat. The fervor at | | | | not to focus on why not and find all the reasons |
| their victory will encourage them to attempt more | | | | why it won't work, but to ask WHY NOT! And go |
| conflicts, riots and revolutions hoping for more | | | | for it. |
| victories. No one will win. We will all loose in the end | | | | |