Bernard Barclay Poet Narrative

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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