Foundation

Personal thoughts on the following received in email ---> "Well done"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/14/719870/-LIVE:-President-Obamas-Economic-Speech-in-GeorgetownFrom Obama's economic policy speech today at Georgetown University: There is a parable at the end of the Sermon on the Mount that tells the story of two men. The first built his house on a pile of sand, and it was destroyed as soon as the storm hit. But the second is known as the wise man, for when "...the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house...it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock."We cannot rebuild this economy on the same pile of sand. We must build our house upon a rock. We must lay a new foundation for growth and prosperity â€" a foundation that will move us from an era of borrow and spend to one where we save and invest; where we consume less at home and send more exports abroad.----My (Author's) analysis:The new foundations will be rooted in care for "the least of these" in our culture - for the poor, the vulnerable, the oppressed, the young, and the jobless. We won't give them a handout - they don't want one! We'll give them a hand up with smart programs that reward hard work with living wages.The Mobilization to End Poverty is coming up in just over a week. We need to get this message out across the country - in our churches and schools, in our neighborhoods, and in rural areas where people don't have access to broadband internet or high-speed wireless web.President Obama isn't opposed to wealth - he knows that prosperity can benefit everyone if we have the ethics and laws in place to reward innovation and perseverence. But we need to start measuring success by the quality of life for those at the lowest end of the economic totem pole - not by the wealthiest 1% or the multinational corporations that ship American jobs overseas.God is at work!