There is, has been, and always will be enough resources on earth to provide for everyone. Yet, people starve and are homeless. Why? Because the wealthy gobble up an obscene amount more than their fair share. The proof is that the top ten percent of income earners in America possess about seventy percent of the country’s wealth. While the top one percent owns thirty-two percent. The proof is that forty percent of the people in America are obese. They all defend their right to live fat while 100s of millions scrimp for scraps. Is it not every person’s right to have at least the basics? Too many think not! In a materialistic society, things are king and greed is rewarded. However, what selfish people do not grasp is that we all become like that which we worship. That is, if we live for things, we become cold, hard, and heartless/lifeless just like them. Psalms 115: 4 'Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is everyone that trusteth in them.'
Conversely, truth, love, and right are the bedrock of our spiritual life and are rooted in our nature. These principles are the true holy trinity and will anchor a community (hereinafter MC for Membership Community) that I hope to establish in Canton, Ohio. The MC will consist of adults living in the old Washington Grade School area (hereinafter WGSA). The goal is to create a beautiful, safe, and nurturing neighborhood where the working poor can raise their children. A practical, common sense understanding of God will be taught and used to develop character, self-reliance, and trust within the neighborhood. The strategy is to, on one hand, reward good behavior with benefits and/or opportunities. While, on the other, discourage bad behavior by taking away benefits and opportunities. Serious and/or repeat offenders can be temporarily or permanently banished from the MC. The MC must think of themselves as one to succeed. Once, in some small sense, that perspective existed in the WGSA when people referred to each other as ‘brother or sister me’. Unrealistic? No! It is unrealistic to think that humankind can stay on the present course and last much longer. To be happy, to live in peace, we need a value system that serves and enriches humankind wholistically. But a person can’t focus on self-improvement when it takes all their time just to satisfy their basic needs. So, providing a base income to the MC over a twelve-year period is critical to the overall plan. For example, $500/mo/household.