Dollars, Sense and Dignity

Text 1: "Before our model, residents of public and subsidized housing were evicted from their units when they could no longer live independently. With few, if any, options, these residents became homeless or moved to costly and depressing nursing home care, prematurely taxing the states' Medicaid budgets."

Response: Mia has found the niche that is a win win for all parties involved. The realism however, that those unable to live independently end up evicted is horrifying. One would think that those unable to live independently would be served with the most help possible just on a human empathy level, but this is not the case. You can see in this excerpt the domino effect that does trickle to our Medicaid budget being that there are premature taxes due to the initial eviction and inevitable depressing nursing home that is to follow the fate of one who cannot live independently. Now, with Mia's new model this is all about to change and not only make sense on a monetary level but on a human respect level.

Actual Text 2: "For the first time in the history of this country, older people will outnumber teenagers two to one."

Response: This fact surprised me because I never really thought about that statistic. But it makes sense being that the baby boomers' generation is aging. With this thought in mind Mia could not have happened at a better time. If they can have this movement spread for the largest older generation ever, then we will have a bright future.

More blog posts in this category Common

• The Wound & the Blessing/The Economy of Communion Project Post
• The Crest- Jewel of Wisdom & Work as a Spiritual Practice Post
• "What Money Can't Buy" Blog Post
• Blog Post Ni: FTRN Booklet & Arithmetic of Passion
• Work as a Spiritual Practice (The Transformation of Work)