What is your dream?

Posted on January 15th, 2012 by ecthompson md

Re-posted.

Today is Martin Luther King’s birthday.  Here is his I Have a Dream speech. (I went to the MLK prayer breakfast last year (this morning). Donna Brazile was the keynote speaker. Representative Heath Shuler was there. So was Senator Kay Hagan. Many city council members and the mayor Terry Bellamy were present. It was a great event.) Read more about Martin Luther King.

If you’re sitting in front of your computers at home, at work or anywhere in between, I would like to ask you a question — what is your dream? Do you dream of being able to send your kids to college? Do you dream that simple dream of being able to pay your bills and have some money left over at the end of the month? Do you dream of being able to go to your doctor without having to worry about how much the prescriptions, the diagnostic tests and other procedures may cost? Do you dream of getting paid a living wage? What is your dream?

When I close my eyes, I dream of a country where my grandson and your grandchild can go to a public or private school anywhere in the country and get a solid education. I dream of a country where we are not all slaves to big corporations. I dream of a country where we all have equal access to affordable, efficient and cost-effective healthcare. Finally, I dream of a country that has figured out that we are great because of our compassion and love for humanity and not because of our military might. These are my dreams as a progressive. What are yours?

Tags: Civil Rights, Domestic Issues, General // 2 Comments »

  • Randy

    I take offense at your words “slave to big corporation”. This is disgusting. What big corp. is ANYONE a slave to? What corp. owns a slave? This is a disservice to those people of all colors who have ever been a slave.
    As for not having to worry about the cost of health care, we will ALWAYS have to worry about the cost. Nothing is free. It would be nice to think I will never have to worry about the cost of food but reality says otherwise.

  • http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/about/ EC Thompson, MD

    Sorry you take offense. Your reaction is way over the top.

    Thanks for your comments.

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