Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:45 pm by (TKC)-o]T3[o
Just to get political for a moment, while I understand what you are saying, as in, if there weren't wars and other such that the government could focus more on helping people, my beliefs are that people should be helping themselves. That is not to say that we shouldn't help provide for people when, for instance, they have been paying into a system, paying their taxes, then are suddenly out of work. We should definitely help those people find work, and pay back some money to help them with their bills (unemployment), however I don't believe that governments should be taking care of 'deadbeats' who contribute nothing to society and only leach off of those who are engaged and working toward something.
I believe the government needs to say out of peoples lives as much as possible as I believe people should be free to make their own decisions, right or wrong, without government interference.
I do like your sentiment however and do feel that we are all human beings and wish that we could see beyond the borders of our own states, or countries, to the bigger picture.