Tent Cities Springing Up In The USA

The Oprah Show that aired on Feb. 25th, was the most heartwrenching program I've seen in a very long while. How can it be that in a country with so much wealth, blue-collar citizens are living in tents because with the horrific downturn in the economy they've lost their homes? How can the fortunate wealthy let this happen in their own country? Where is the humanity in society when few have much and most have nothing? These people are unfortunate victims of circumstance. They are not people who choose not to work, or pay their bills. How can the millionaires and billionaires sleep at night in their big. comfy beds, while decent fellow citizens are sleeping on the ground in a tent, unable to find a job to make their lives better? Shame on the wealthy! In the end, we will all be judged by our wealth - not by how much money we had, but our worth as a human being. It is shocking that in 2009, things like this happen and nothing is done to make this world a better place for everyone!

A Cashless Society

A Cashless Society


We live in a cashless society,
Quite a while it’s been around,
Sooner or later it had to give,
And the axe has finally come down.

There are very few among us,
Not living beyond our means,
Our burden of debt is breaking our backs,
Destroying our hopes and dreams.

We can’t afford to save a cent,
Our credit card debt is obscene,
We can’t see beyond our next paycheck,
Our economy’s the worst it’s been.

Debit card, credit card, don’t pay now,
No interest for a year.
But jobs disappear without warning,
Then we live with stress and fear.

Our leaders will gladly lend a hand,
To the corporate giants in need,
But you and I will have to pay,
For years of corporate greed.

How in the world did this happen?
When did things get so bad?
Maybe a cashless society’s not,
The best idea we’ve had.

- Annabel Sheila