Rising tides lifts all boats...Clinton Global Initiative & immigration...

[ourbluenation]

issues. Seems to me the real solution to immigration problems is to lift people up around the world so they don't need to come here seeking somthing better. Anyways, thought I'd pass this along.

The Escape From Poverty

At the same time that globalization promises to benefit the lives of hundreds of millions, the rise in global poverty poses a dire threat to that promise and undermines every effort to build a more integrated world. On a planet rife with tensions—between power and powerlessness; between democracy and authoritarianism; between cutting-edge technology and grotesque deprivation—we have the opportunity and the obligation to act.

Indeed, our future depends on the result. By some measures, certainly, our world is more united than in the past. By others, it has never been more divided. Global poverty is a wedge separating one half of the world from the other. Three of the world’s six billion people live on less than two dollars per day, and more than a billion survive on less than half that amount. An estimated 115 million children are not in school, and 40 million people are suffering from AIDS. More than 50 countries are poorer today than they were in 1990.

Against this backdrop, the disparity between rich and poor is obviously increasing. The world’s ten wealthiest nations, which constitute only 14 percent of the world’s population, are more than 75 times richer than the ten poorest and account for 75% of global GDP.

Without a serious course correction, the world in 2025 will likely be even more divided and dangerous. The gap between rich and poor will inevitably increase. The HIV/AIDS pandemic and other health crises will undermine economies already burdened by the combination of a dramatic youth bulge and a shrinking jobs market. The world’s poorest countries will grow less able to utilize the new technologies that might lead to increased productivity. Governments will face increased pressure from their citizens, but will be ill-equipped to meet expectations. Conflict will increase; weak states will grow weaker; more states will fail. Fragmentation will erode the potential gains of globalization, paving the way for a host of transnational threats, and undermining the credibility of the values we cherish.

http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/home.nsf/pt_escape_poverty

[sweetheart]

1. yes n/t

[left is right]

2. I have issues with that concept

Rising tides may lift all boats but it doesn't do anything for those caught out in it without a boat. What are they supposed to do, hold their breath until the tide goes out again.

[sweetheart]

3. please a starving man thrives on clintonian platitudes

I'll put down my cross and go back to rome, if clinton can resurrect the
great hope that i'm afraid appears forgotten. I'm emotionally worn, and
to hear his positive universalism, i just like it, good vibes and all, gosh
with all the fear peddling, i want to say "yes" when i hear people being
positive. :-)

We've only 1 way to go, given the economic system we have, and we don't
ahve to trash the lifting tide to make sure all boats have franchise.
Or maybe we do. In an MTV rock video, where we smash our guitars afterwards.