LET’S DO CHARACTER CHANGE FIRST

LET’S DO CHARACTER CHANGE FIRST I do not know how you are looking at ways to solve our country’s political and economic problems, but I do not think that some defects in our Constitution are to blame for these problems. That is like saying that our traffic problems are getting worse because our traffic laws are defective. But is that really the case? As some sectors in our society are calling for charter chance, could it be that we should be calling for character change instead? To change the character of every citizen? Although it might seem too far-fetched, there is actually a direct connection between graft and corruption, and our political and economic problems. As I understand it, graft and corruption have a cause-and-effect relationship. What I mean by that, is that corruption is the cause of graft, and not the other way around. To compare this with the story of the garden of Eden, the temptation initiated by Eve is the cause of the graft committed by Adam, graft being the sin that was in violation of God’s laws. Rough estimates say that about one third of our national budget is stolen by government officials who violate graft laws. Although these officials may well be capable of committing graft without anyone corrupting them, it’s more likely that there is someone who is tempting them by way of corrupting them to commit graft. Perhaps character change could help reduce the temptation to commit graft? IKE SENERES/4-11-24