The
United States is coughing on 20 trillion dollars of debt. The nation, though in a general state of
relative prosperity, has many needs – solving a health care crisis, improving the
state of education, battling gun-shooting and opioid-overdose epidemics, and
addressing the tens of millions living in abject poverty. So what pressing policy initiative does
President Donald Trump call for?
The
development of another military branch.
That’s
right, the already bloated military budget is going to expand. Why?
Because
Trump found a new toy. He likes
rockets. It’s another way to funnel tax
money to subsidize companies that make military equipment.
What
we really need is a Book Force, not a Space Force.
Let’s
take the money President Trump wants to ciphon off for the funding of a useless
military venture to nowhere and apply it to attacking the real threat to
America: illiteracy, censorship, and
fake news.
Book
Force would be a new branch of government that oversees all initiatives to rid
our media of fake news and the bullied lies of authoritative figures like, oh
say, Trump!
It
would help to end illiteracy, a scourge that claims over 30 million Americans –
about l in every 11 people. To reduce the number of illiterates is to increase
the number of book readers, employable workers, and informed votes. We need to
decrease the knowledge gap and do what’s needed to recruit more reading tutors,
run better schools, and make books available to the poor, illiterate, or learning
disabled.
We
need a force of responsible people who can act as ambassadors for books,
spreading knowledge and wisdom to further humanity, we need angels who can
focus on how to get more people to read more books.
A
few billion dollars could go a long way – if spent well – to fund successful
initiatives, writer grants, and the publishing of amazing books. We need Book
Force to protect our nation from dumbing down everything. It’s read or perish and in the future, our
nation will only thrive if it’s to win the book race – arming it with books to
do war against ignorance, bullies, and misguided individuals.
Space
Force may never be needed. We’ve yet to
discover life beyond Earth, let alone an invading army of space
terrorists. NASA and scientists are
doing just fine.
Can Space Force ensure a literate society? Can it stop the spread of fake news or defend against censorship? How about a compromise – give books to every member of Space Force – and then lets shoot Trump in a space capsule to the Moon.
Can Space Force ensure a literate society? Can it stop the spread of fake news or defend against censorship? How about a compromise – give books to every member of Space Force – and then lets shoot Trump in a space capsule to the Moon.
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