Throughout my life, I have heard that every American can achieve the American dream if they work hard. Certainly, this is true for a lot of Americans, but the real question is whether all Americans can have the American dream simultaneously. Think about it this way. Imagine that every adult in America had a four-year college degree, and with that degree in hand, found good, well-paying jobs. Now with every adult in our country living what is most often described as the American dream, what happens when, after working hard all year, it’s now time to go on vacation. Who is going to serve them? I understand that the concept of being someone’s servant may seem negative to some, but the fact of the matter is that this is how our society is structured. Some may feel this is a bad thing, but I say it’s in the nature of things. We’ll talk more about that next time.

Back to our Americans on vacation. Will they be serving themselves, is the question. After Mr. and Mrs. America have landed in Hawaii for that long-awaited vacation, they will need a taxi to get to their hotel, and once they arrive at the hotel, they will need help with their luggage. Rooms would need to be prepared for them, which would require cleaning beforehand. They’re on vacation, so who’s going to make their breakfast, lunch, or dinner? If these services are needed to ensure that these well deserving vacationing Americans have a wonderful vacation, the question is whether these workers, if they had a four-year degree, would be willing to provide these vital services. Would you be willing to carry someone’s baggage, clean their room, and so on if you had a four-year degree from a college? That said, assuming what I’ve said so far makes sense, then what does this imply? Our society is not designed for every child in school to graduate from college with a four-year degree year after year. However, do I dare suggest, that what we need in part has been going on for more than a century in low-income and moronity schools across America, namely, high rates of high school dropouts, all of whom have no choice but to take these low-wage, and yes, some of them are dirty service jobs that none of us want to do.

Shouldn't the focus be on supporting these workers? Blaming the poor for being poor because of a lack of self-responsibility, is short-sighted especially when we as a society, NEED THE POOR!! Isn’t it thus unethical not to pay these hardworking Americans a livable wage and to provide them sufficient health care? We do this much for the horses that drive our sightseeing carriages, or the wildlife housed in our zoos, not to mention all the aquariums in our cities which provide not only jobs but tax dollars from the many tories who travel to sightsee. Why do we take care of these animals? because many people depend on them to make a living. Well didn't we depend on our human workers who were found to be vital throughout this unique, once-in-a-lifetime pandemic? We ensure these animal workers attend a veterinarian, aka (FREE HEALTH CEAR), these non-humans are fed daily and are given a free home to dwell in, aka (AFFORDABLE HOUSING). Why do we treat animals so much better than people, can’t we do something similar for our human workers? let us stop pretending or not recognizing that these workers are vital to our society and without them our civilization would collapse? If it makes sense, it is the truth, as I always say. 

By James White Co-founder