If You Think About It, Washington's Overwhelming

Obviously, People With Low Or Even Moderate Incomes Could Not Afford Such Savings Rates, And Even Diligent Savings From Their Low Wages Would Not Be Enough To Pay For Either Retirement Or Healthcare.

Efficiency Obliterates Identity

A Newly Elected Representative Quickly Discovers That His Job In Government-aside From Making New Laws-is To Act As A Broker, Middleman, Special Pleader And Finagler.

Our Values Are Defined By What We Will Tolerate When It Is Done To Others. Everyone's Sense Of Virtue Is Degraded By The Present Reality. A Revolutionary Principle Is Embedded In The Global Economic System, Awaiting Broader Recognition: Human Dignity Is Indivisible. Across The Distances Of Culture And Nations, Across Vast Gulfs Of Wealth And Poverty, Even The Least Among Us Are Entitled To Dignity, And No Justification Exists Or Brutalizing Them In The Pursuit Of Commerce.

If One Benefits Tangibly From The Exploitation Of Others Who Are Weak, Is One Morally Implicated In Their Predicament? Or Are Basic Rights Of Human Existence Confined To The Civilized Societies That Are Wealthy Enough To Afford Them? Our Values Are Defined By What We Will Tolerate When It Is Done To Others.