We live in a country at this time surrounded by many difficulties and tragedies. We are fighting a war — and many of those who have lived through it are horribly injured — we have unemployment at its highest, we have people who have lost their homes, we have the homeless, we have a medical system that is failing through exorbitant cost, we have unavoidable tragedies caused through “nature,” we have a large senior population in this county living on almost nothing — choosing whether to eat or buy pharmaceuticals — we have children who are greatly needing education that …