Dear John,

Our greatest source of wealth-creation is the creativity and productivity of the American people. Therefore, anything that allows people greater access to the realization of their own potential—healthcare, education, culture—should be seen as a boost and not a suck on our economy. 
     
We need to change more than policy; we need to change our economic paradigm. We need to switch from the idea of improving the economy as a way to improve humanity’s lot, to improving humanity’s lot as a way to improve both the economy AND the state of our humanity. We need to fundamentally shift from an economic to a humanitarian bottom line.

America should spend far more money on ways to improve people's lives (education and peace) and far less on ways to destroy people's lives (prisons, wars). Such a perversion of our values, codified in public policy for no other reason than for short-term corporate profit, must be challenged and rejected by our generation of Americans.

Together, we can course-correct. We can reclaim conscience as a guiding principle for American capitalism, for our government, and for the society in which we live. This philosophical dedication will heal our country, ushering in a season of moral repair that in time will put our country back on track.

Changes must be integrative—both internal and external—if we’re to deal effectively with our society’s problems. We must address symptoms but we must also address their internal causes. In the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., “We need a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” See the Issues section at Marianne2020.com for policy positions that re-align us with the dictates of the heart.

With love,
Marianne

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