YAY! We're getting better roads.....

 

In response to wickedness in high places, do good in low places.

So we have a new Prime Minister and if you voted for him or not, he's in.

Horrifically, however (if you voted for him or not) he intends to slash the foreign aid budget by over $4.5 billion. So for the fact that Kevin and his mates spent a bit much Tony and his mates are going to punish the poorest people in the world.

As it is we only spend 37 cents of every $100 on helping the world's poor and when we cut that its going to be mainly from the Asia Pacific Region (of which Australia is a part) and where 70% of the world's poorest people live.

But we can rest assured - Joe Hockey has told us that the money we don't give to the poor will be getting us better roads!

Well I feel relieved now. At least I know that as I'm driving into church, I can be safe in the knowledge that the road I'm on is better because poor people are going hungry for it.

Thanks Joe, it's a weight of my mind. All those (non existent) pot holes on the Eastern Freeway were getting very out of hand, I'm so glad they're all going to go and only at the cost of a few, non voting, (non eating now thanks to you and Tony) people in some land I can't pronounce or spell. It's all good because they don't matter anyway.

So here's an idea! If we're not going to send them as much money in aid why not let those poor people come and live here? We've got all we need (and great roads) - as we know we have "boundless pains to share..."

Oh no, I forgot, we're not going to let asylum seekers in either.

 

So as the rich get richer, and drive on better roads, and have their tax bills cut  - the poor get poorer and get even less than they had before.

So again the burden falls on us - the ordinary people. I don't have $4.5 billion hidden away so I can't help with the foreign aid budget, I will be vocal in trying to get more funds for the world's poor but for now I can only do what I can, where I can, in the area around me. I do have compassion, I do have the gift of hospitality and I do have the ability  to see the need where I am. I do have a few dollars in my bank account that (although I want) I don't REALLY need.

I can help.

I should help.

I will help!

In response to the wickedness in high places I vow to do what good I can in low places - the places around me, with the people I see and the needs I encounter.

 

Join me make the same pledge and let's try and improve the world one person at a time-  share this post, spread the word and, for at least the foreseeable future, that word is COMPASSION.