Money love is killing us

Dear Editor:

Our world is in a fine mess.

How did we let our countries get into the state we are in?

Well, the answer is money. Money is not the root of all evil, it is the love of money that has caused this world to be in the decayed situation we are in today.

It really is a shame that, greed has taken over our society.

The middle class has been eliminated and re-classified as the working poor. Yes, indeed, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

The wealthy own homes, many times more than one. The wealthy are the ones who can afford medicines, dentists, hearing aids, veterinarians, sports activities, entertainment and the list continues to grow.

It really is a shame that the cost of housing, food, electricity, etc., has gotten so out of hand. It is taking two incomes to be able to even afford rent and food on their table.

Our food banks are in desperate need for more donations. Is it any wonder why there are so many people living on the streets? These people are not all drug addicts, alcoholics and people with mental health issues.

Governments decided to close mental health facilities and integrate these people into society. Some cry for help and it takes months to get the treatment that is needed, (if they even get the help) and of course many fall through the cracks of our faulty system.

Then, the government builds or renovates places for these people, out of sight out of mind.

In these facilities they lump everyone together, causing more trouble. One such facility in Penticton is a joke. This place is not policed and there is much criminal activity going on.

Some of these units have even been vandalized by their occupants.

Now, with COVID-19, the world is in a downward spiral. We have become too reliant on man-made technology. Once computers were friendly and could give the user great information, now it has become one of man’s worst enemies. Fraud and fake news, just to mention a few. We can’t even trust our own governments.

Greed of our own prime minister and our finance minister too, with yet another scandal of the WE organization.

As if these two families need to take monies from the coffers. Shame on them. Who can we trust?

Maybe, we should look up to the sky and ask our Creator for the desperate help that is needed to get us back living a virtuous life.

Dianne Durham, Penticton