It becomes habit to say that we are “one nation under God.”
It is also habit to say that we are a nation of laws. These things are easy to
say but hard to actually live by.
How can “under God” tolerate racism, bigotry, blatant lying,
unequal distribution of wealth, unequal justice for minorities, sexual
improprieties, corruption, greed and all the other problems that plague
America.
As a nation of laws, ask how these laws are made. We elect
our representatives to represent us—not just the individual us, but the common
good us. But in minute they discover the buckets full of dollars from
lobbyists, corporations and special interest groups. These representatives are
no longer ours, but hop from moneyed pocket to moneyed pocket. They feel free
to pass special perks for themselves and their families and their business
interests. They give up their individual minds for the group think of their
parties.
Laws make it difficult for the middle class and down the
economic ladder to afford equal justice, good medical care and to find fair
wages.
It’s just life in America under God and under the law.
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