Around the world people are debating the why, what, when and where of Joseph Stack, the man who flew his plane into a building housing his local IRS office yesterday.

On one side, people are arguing back and forth on whether to call him a terrorist or just a criminal. On the other side are people that are literally calling him a martyr. I sometimes thinks those in charge in the world start these arguments simply to keep peoples minds off what they really need to be thinking about, which is, how much of what this troubled man said was actually true?

I have not read his entire manifesto from start to finish and I don’t intend to. I feel empathy towards anyone that is hurting badly enough to do something like this and reading their last words is too painful for me. But listening to the news broadcast of what happen, I could not help but overhear parts of what was troubling him.

For obvious reasons, I in no way applaud what this man did, at the same time however, I do think it is a sign of the severity of the problems in this country and I fear, there will be more instances of people moving past the breaking point in the future.

Joseph Stack crossed the line when he got into his plane and set out the try to kill people, of that there is no doubt, but don’t think that because he could not deal with the problems, that means everything he said was wrong, because there was a lot of truth in what he was saying.

You have to remember, God made people and people made money.

Yet our society has chosen to put the man made money, above the God made man. Those in power in the world have become so caught up in obtaining more and more money that they no longer care whether the average person has food, medical care or a roof over their head.

Of course they are allowing the majority (at least in this country) to have a reasonable amount of these things. But only enough to keep people afraid they will lose what they already have. Never enough to truly be able to enjoy life.

It does not have to be this way. We can build a society in which everyone has all the necessities of life but it will require a complete overhaul of the way we do business, the way we run our governments and the way the individuals think.

Change is coming. It won’t happen today or tomorrow, but it is on the wind and slowly working its way into our society. We can choose to allow it to happen and prepare for the bumps before they happen, or we can fight it happening, in which case, there is no telling how many other people will end up reaching the breaking point and snapping as Joseph Stack did.

Utilities, food and medical care should not be ran by big business. They should be not-for-profit enterprises ran specific to take care of the masses.

There can still be a market for specialty foods, but the everyday nutrition the average person needs to survive should not cost more than what the lowest paying job around can afford to pay.

There can still be a market for lavish medical care, but good solid basic care should be available to everyone free of charge.

Rather than making their millions off the backs of the common people and forcing them to do without necessities, big business can focus on providing the rich with their luxuries.

It is a complex issues that will not be fixed overnight, but until people start demanding things change, they never will. I urge you however, to start using the systems that are already in place to make things happen. DO NOT turn to force and anger.

You have two of the most powerful tools in the world at your disposal. Your vote, when dealing with the government and your money (withholding it from) businesses.