I think it important to lay out some assumptions. These assumptions suggest questions. How we as a society answer these questions will impact the pool of solutions we consider to be viable.


Assumption: Our focus is on remedying poverty in the United States.

Assumption: There is no turning back the clock on the globalization of economies, communications and information.

Assumption: It is not possible for the United States to remedy conditions of poverty world-wide. This is not a value-laden assumption and does not imply that we have either the right or the responsibility to do so. It is simply an assumption that it is not within our power.

Assumption: The United States controls enough global resources at the present time to have the capacity to take care of it's own population.

Assumption: Systemic changes that are likely to significantly remedy poverty in the United States will impact economies and social conditions in other parts of the world.

Question: Are there currently sufficient resources available in the world to meet the basic needs of the world population? If yes, for how long?

Question: To be considered viable solutions, how future-oriented and sustainable do solutions need to be.

Janie