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Back home from Mumbai, India!
I made many friends and gained a new respect for the many things that we are lucky enough to enjoy here in the United States.? We are truly a fortunate country, but I fear that, as a whole, we take it a bit for granted more often than not.
The globalization of the world markets presents great opportunity, but along with it goes painful readjustments.? How we as a country handle those readjustments, will determine the world that our children will live in.? It seems that our trend towards isolationism is a step backwards, and we need to cautiously embrace globalization.? Sticking our heads into the earth is certainly not the answer.
It takes 60 farmers in India to feed 100 people.? It takes 1 farmer to feed 100 people here in the U.S.? However, there is already a greater number of middle class, as measured in numbers of population, in India than the United States.? In addition, in a country of over 1 BILLION people, they can find a way to provide universal health care to ALL of their citizens without forcing them into bankruptcy.? As this middle class grows in size and influence, it is only a matter of time before those below the poverty line begin to be pulled up.
There is no doubt that the United States is a great country, but just as the 1800's was the era for the British and the U.S. was firmly the world power throughout the 1900's, one has to wonder what the 2000's and 2100's will bring.
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