We have a "right" to own guns, but not a right to health care, food, shelter, clothing, employment

[JDPriestly]

142. Jefferson wanted to see idle land and the estates of the wealthy aristrocrats broken up and

given to needy people. Jefferson envisioned a country of farmers.

Unfortunately, our population has grown too large for that and our farming has become too corporate and industrial.

What is the modern equivalent of making sure that people can have land, that farmland is affordable enough that just about anyone can buy enough to live on?

In my view, it is making sure that everyone can find work that suits their talents and pays enough so that they can have what they need. We should help those who cannot work. We should insure that they have the food and shelter they need.

This is not impossible, not even that difficult.

I walk the streets of my city and see trash everywhere. What if we paid people living wages to clean up things, to make our cities and towns beautiful.

Personally, I think that would lower the crime statistics considerably.

We have plenty of wealth in this country. And if we worked together more constructively we could have not only even more wealth but more harmony, more fun and more beauty around us.

The modern equivalent of parceling out land for those who are not doing well is handing out food stamps and housing vouchers, and we should continue to do those things.

What we need to stop is war.