Can'T We Do Better
One hundred people
saving ten dollars per week
a thousand dollars per week
fifty-two thousand dollars per year
the deposit for a house every year
a road to wealth and growth
that is my idea
people working together
saving together
creating jobs for themselves and others
investing in their future
imagine a woman hurt in a car accident
unable to perform her job
now unemployed
unable to support her family
we should ask
what other skills does she have
how can we train her
to have another job
how do we rebuild her life
Investing in your future
building employment
means perhaps
we can give her a job
answering phones
sending other people out to work
perhaps she can be trained
as a teacher
teaching her skills, to other people
instead of seeing her as a problem
we need to look outside the square
how do we help her help herself
My Idea is ten dollars per week
but then I realized Gods idea is a tithe
ten percent of your wage
Governments take twenty percent or more
everybody saving together
should be creating employment for the people
Governments get into power
with the promise, we will build a better economy
The Church gains your goodwill
saying you need to help people in need
yet eighty percent of your tithe
is spent on themselves
Why can't a percentage of the tithe be used
to create employment
why can't a percentage of your tax be used
to create employment
Governments created, telephone companies,
railways, dams, postal service
yet now they back away from their responsibilities
we will build a better economy
They take your money with the promise
we will help you
yet when you retire and have no money of your own
they are quick to say you're collecting welfare
as if you have no rights
all your life you paid tax
all your life they ran this country
on your wage
yet when you need them
it's you are on welfare
you have no right to complain
you have worked and paid for welfare
Why has the government not invested
part of your contribution
ensuring, they have the money, to support you
why don't they, have companies, providing a second income
Instead, they collect your tax money
and make themselves sound create
because they tell you, what they have, spent it on
we should be asking, as a world, can't we do better
To become an asset to society
people need training and employment
there is no sense, in training people
for jobs that don't exist train people for success
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