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14 The 21st Century-Making the Connection! MARCH 1999 MBC Wolverine OBSERVER
VI EWS&EXPRESSIONS
Gotta get the money, gotta get the power,
keep your eye on, the Final Hour!
By Michael Ralph
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
0 s we struggle to put our
selves in a better position
as a people, it seems like
there is not enough money
to initiate the projects that we can
imagine. However, there are more
significant factors influencing our
condition that are related to money
but not actually dependent upon it.
What stifles projects is not usually fi
nance but a lack of education and
economic organization.
I am amazed that most people
do not realize the difference between
money and economics, but I guess
people use the two terms inter
changeably so much that we forgot
the difference. Well, for the purpose
of clarification, allow me to use this
example. If a person is homeless and
hungry, most people would immedi
ately say, “He’s homeless because he
is broke and if he had some money he
would be alright.” But the truth is
that a homeless person does not ac
tually need money, he needs to be in
a better position. If he had some land
and knew how to farm or hunt, he
would already have his own food.
If he knew how to sew, he could cre
ate his own wardrobe. If he knew
a thing or two about carpentry, he
could cut down trees and build his
own house. So what he really needs
is skills and resources, education
and training. If someone were to give
him $200,000.00, it could be gone in
three minutes because he may buy a
luxury car and have to walk home the
first time it breaks down.
In order for us to empower our
selves we must be clear on what we
need. We need land in order for us to
determine the way that we want to
live. In addition, we need some type
of training and education that is pre
paring us to serve ourselves. We
cannot afford to waste time buying
everything that we need; instead, we
can begin to create.
In addition to proper education, we
need greater economic organization.
Not finance but economics and there
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is a difference. Money can be spent
or lost. Or, the value of the dollar
can even depreciate. The monetary
value of currency in each country is
very different. But economics is sim
ply the way that people relate to each
other to share resources and that can
remain the same throughout time.
Too often we are led astray by stres
sing money over economics. You can
either buy a shirt or know somebody
who designs clothes and someone else
who makes them and have your
wardrobe custom made. We can ei
ther buy groceries or know someone
who farms and receive their produce
directly. Parents can either spend
money on hiring private tutors for
their children or contact a college
campus where students need com
munity service hours and develop a
partnership.
Economic organization stems from
the drive to satisfy mutual needs. If
we really believed that we are family,
we would treat each other that way
and less money would exchange
hands while we still satisfied our
needs. Morris Brown College attracts
thousands of students from all over
the world. If you plan to travel some
where, there should be no reason why
you have to waste money on a hotel if
we understood the value of econom
ics. You could lounge for free and get
a home cooked meal out of your next
vacation.
Only we can save ourselves. It is
time that we really begin working to
gether. In the “Final Hour” it will not
matter how much money you have,
but what kinds of relationships we
have created with each other. There
is not enough money in the world to
solve all of our problems but there
are enough people in enough differ
ent areas for us to help each other.
Close
One Eye
Submitted by Tonya Lynch
n African proverb
states, “Before you
get married keep
both eyes open and
after you marry
close one eye.”
Before you get involved and make a
commitment to someone don’t let
lust, physical beauty, desperation,
immaturity, ignorance, pressure from
others or a low self-esteem make you
blind to warning signs. Keep your
eyes open and don’t fool yourself that
you can change someone or that what
you see as faults aren’t really that
important.
Once you decide to commit to some
one, over time their flaws, vulnerabil
ities, pet peeves and differences will
become more obvious. If you love
your mate and want the relationship
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