are we any different?
F or what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? Mark 8:36 Are we any different than the countries we condemn? What place on earth can you find people huddled together sleeping outside? What nation has the elderly and disabled eating out of garbage cans? Where in the world do you see families waiting in line for a hot meal? Would you say Haiti, Japan or some war- torn nation? No, this is at 14 th and K, two blocks from the White House. If you live in Washington long enough, it is hard to overlook disparities of rich and poor. It is not uncommon to see someone sleeping outside, someone asking for change or someone mentally ill screaming or picking through a garbage can. Unlike other countries that use terror and tyranny as an economic system for their citizens, we use free enterprise as a means to have power over ordinary citizens. Code words like gentrification and privatization have replaced words like segregation and discrimination. Value is measured b...