Hunger and Homelessness

The School of Americas protest was the same week as the hunger and homelessness week; I am glad because they tied in together, but I was sad that I was not able to be on campus for the hunger and homelessness week. Because the United States support war, the government is not able to feed every citizen, such as the people who go to bed hungry or help fund money to those who cannot afford a living space. For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years. Instead of focussing on something that just brings out world down, why not try to use that money on something useful? I am thankful for the soldiers who go out to fight for our country, but if it was up to me, there would not be wars because in my eyes war does not solve anything. The government should be using that money to better our country rather than using it to destroy other countries. 1.37 billion people live on less than $1.25 a day, and 2.56 billion live on less than $2 a day. Moreover, 5.05 billion people, more than 80 percent of the world's population, live on less than $10 a day. The number of chronically hungry people worldwide grows by an average of four million people per year. Yet people think it is better to support a war and not focus on what is happening in our country? It is mostly the 1% of the population that do not want to make a change because they are comfortable where they are and do not want to give up some of the money they make. Lately to me it seems like almost every issue we have in our country relates back to the 99% versus the 1%. Instead of trying to solve other countries problems, or causing problems in other countries, the government should look at the United States to see what things need to change in this country in order to make it a safer, and better environment for those who live here rather than funding a school that does not help those people who are homeless or do not have enough money to eat and survive. The School of the Americas protest showed me that the school is not beneficial to the American citizens, and gives Americans a bad name because the school trains soldiers to go into Latin American countries to kill innocent people, and CEOs of big companies, as well as workers. The protest links to hunger and homelessness week as well because when the American soldiers invade and kill innocent people it causes those who lost their spouse, or parent to be homeless and hungry since they do not have their source of money. I am glad I went to the protest because I had no clue that this was happening in the United States; the protest was very informative, and I learned a lot, which has caused me to want to be more involved with shutting down the School of the Americas.