User:Sally Perkins/sandbox

"Why do we tend to kill and separate people that come into our country? Well it’s because we’re cruel and presumptuous to say the least. Currently in Mexico drug cartels are running rampant and they tend to rip families apart. The cartel runs 30-35 percent of Mexico making it unsafe for the people of Mexico to continue living there. Since 2015 the homicide percentage has increased by 76.3% which invokes fear into the hearts of Mexican citizens. So in turn Mexican citizens are coming into our country trying to seek solace, yet we are separating them from their families, does that sound familiar?. No, we shouldn’t just give them everything they need, however we should give them the skills to allow them to build their lives in our FREE COUNTRY. In America we pride ourselves on being the mixing pot of the world however we kill anyone different that tries to escape to our country. It is rooted deep in our culture, genocide, displacement, murder, and enslavement but we are no longer in the past, we are a changing nation so it is time to put that into action. Change for our kids, for our parents, for our grandparents, for the people we have wronged. It is time we change. We need our country to work for us, whether we like it or not politics have become a publicity stunt and a down right middle school popularity contest. “We The People '' is one of the most famous quotes ever said by Morris no longer holds true to this day, we live in a nation where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. That is a phrase that is commonly used however it is true, our country is spiraling while our leaders watch it burn. But what they don't realize is that if we go down they come down with us. Without people to lead our leaders are just people. We need change. It is a scary thing to go through of course as is any sort of change however it needs to happen. We choose who we put in charge, so why do we choose the downfall of our country? Stop genocide, stop power dynamics, stop murder. We can be better, we just have to take that step. We can use words as a ladder and motion as an escalator. We just need to get the courage to climb. This however does not mean outright violence because then we’re no better then they are. WE should remain calm and collected, united under the need to keep others and ourselves safe and right now that is not being given to us so in turn we must take it into our own hands. This country is full of hypocrisy and ignorance but it's time we take a step back from politics and look at our basic human rights that have been ripped from us! We are dying simply because we don't have enough useless paper currency to supply ourselves with what we need! We should not have to pay to live! I get told constantly that “it’s just the way of the world” But it shouldn't be and that's what i'm fighting against. This is going to be the most unprofessional thing I could ever say but look at the Lorax for example, they have to pay for air to live the same way we have to pay for water, for food, for life! And that is unfair to end a human life, to end someone's sister, someone's mother, someone's father or aunt or uncle or CHILD, over paper that in the end has no true meaning to us. We are taught money is what we need but in all actuality we don't need it the government does. There are more of us than there are of them. It isn't a mutual relationship, they need us to be able to do their jobs but we don’t need them to do ours. Everything is in constant motion yet we are left behind because our leaders are scared of movement, scared of change. WE can figure out what kind of change is best for us but before we do that we have to be willing and open to even progress forward. WE shall take our rights back and become one in this fight! Everything we fought against the British for is becoming our reality once again, but it’s branded that its’ better now because we have representatives."   original work of Millie St. Louis