Right Now-Noah Welch

On a planet quite similar to ours, people are struggling to survive the bitter winter. One group of people named Los Pobres is suffering in the snow.  These people do not have the advantages of heat, shelter, power and other conveniences that we see as natural rights that everyone deserves.  These people live in squalor and thank their lucky stars if they survive the night alive.  They have the clothes on their back and maybe a blanket or two. They will be fortunate if they sleep in a room; but could be forced to sleep outside.  Their circumstances have driven them to this but their government can help.  But will it? That’s still to be seen. The Pobres are disenfranchised and do not have the same power as the leading faction in their government, the Licanrepubs.  These people believe that the Pobres deserve to be living in such squalor because “they were lazy or irresponsible or foolish. “  These Licanrepubs forget their roots and are foolish enough to believe that they will never be in the Pobres situation again.  Fortune spins like a wheel lifting some up and dashing others down.  To be a united strong planetary force, the strong must look after and protect the weak, help them to obtain the advantages that are some Licanrepubs take for granted. The Pobres should be given more protection and if that means raising taxes on other citizens it should be seen as  investing for a better future, one in which no Pobres are forced to live and die in the cold.

(Pobre is the Spanish word for poor and you would have to ask an elephant who the Licanrepubs are)