It is a travesty for Americans everywhere in this day and age, to have to live in a constant state of fear and worry. Today’s crumbling state of national security was not a part of the vision of our founding fathers. Our citizens walk down the streets of New York City terrified for their lives as terrorism has run rampant here, and all over the world as well. We no longer fight a visible enemy who is after our land or our money. We are currently fighting an invisible enemy, with no set country and no goals except to exterminate our western way of life simply because it is different than theirs.
Our country is the battleground for this new war, this War on Terror. It is being fought by our soldiers overseas in Iraq, but it is also being fought here on American soil by our civilians, who have lost many lives and freedoms to the terrorists.
Our foes – invisible, unknown in number, and driven by their own culture of hate – are seemingly unbeatable. I think that all parties are in agreement that to rid our nation of these hidden foes would be a phenomenal step forward for our country, and that any person or persons that can find a plausible and cost effective solution to this problem should be given the full ability to put his/her plan into practice.
I have meditated on this subject for many years now, and have read the works of the greatest scholars and political scientists of our time. Unfortunately, I have found their proposals to be logically faulty, or to contain errors that would not allow for the eradication of the problem completely. It is true, that a soldier prepared to fight a war is a man who is in the best shape of his life; and that a man in such a state of physical fitness would be able to provide incredible manpower to fight against the threat of terror.
There is another great advantage to the implementation of my policy: it will raise the poor up out of poverty as well as diversify the civilian population of our country.
History and statistics have repeatedly shown that those who have people working under them are much more likely to succeed economically, and will be capable of having a bigger impact on society. A business with more human capital can much easier produce revenue for it’s owner than a smaller one with less human capital.
Now, I will propose my thoughts, which I find to be completely logically sound, and ought not fall under any scrutiny or objection.
A friend of mine who served as a prison guard in an Iraqi POW camp has told me that the prisoners in his jail were incredibly physically fit and were very complacent in following American orders at gunpoint. It seems perfectly rational to me, then, that we can transport these prisoners, who are all chained together so they will not run, onto ships, and sail them over to the United States. A ship can hold roughly 500 human beings at once, and if we use all the space to its maximum potential, by building different levels, having the prisoners lay shoulder to shoulder, and feeding them less often than usual, we can squeeze 562 people on a ship.
Once on the shores of America, these prisoners can be put to work in military factories at gun point building airplanes, machine guns and manufacturing bullets that we can in turn use here and overseas to fight terrorism. They can offer us their intelligence and physical strength, and the best part is that because they are not citizens of our country we would not have to pay them. Instead of paying them, we can offer them food and board in an impoverished American household, which is a step up from their sandcastles in the Middle East. The minimum wage that would normally be received by the workers of these jobs will then be transferred over to the impoverished family that is offering room and board. As a result, the impoverished family would be making a double income, and would quickly raise itself out of poverty. In addition, each American soldier fighting on the front line of the War on Terror would have a much more powerful arsenal of manufactured weapons.
While crafting my proposal, I ran the idea by a very influential, wise, and sagely man who I am fortunate to call a friend of mine. My thought was that he might be able to help refine my plan, and perhaps flesh out some of the more minute details of its day to day operation. He said that a way to greatly increase our manpower in the factories and economy back here at home would be to scour the globe – inside and outside of our country – for any practicing Shiite Muslims, and bring them back to our factories as unpaid workers. He said that we should have these laborers all live in Black impoverished households, as statistically African Americans have a 30.6% poverty rate inside their community, which is one of the highest of all races that are represented in America. But with the utmost respect for my friend and colleague, I must disagree with his form of proposal. The population of the world’s Shiite Muslim community includes women, children, and old people. They cannot be useful as workers in factories; as children, women, and sickly old men are not in good enough physical shape to run the big machines for long, long days. A trained soldier, whose body is prepared for combat, is also prepared to serve in factories for long hours. In addition, the impoverished peoples of our country include many different races. Mexican Americans, Chinese Americans, Native Americans, and many other racial groups have members that are living below the poverty line as well, and to ignore these groups completely may be construed as racist and cause my proposal to be thrown out all-together. I do not consider myself to be a racist and I do not wish my proposal to reflect such views.
That is why we must distribute the labor and means for financial improvement equally amongst all races that are living below the poverty line. This can be done very simply by implementing an affirmative action program into the distribution of such forced laborers.
But I have gone too far off track, and shall return to my proposal, which I believe will have many positive effects on our society, and will help rid the world of the problem of terror.
Firstly, my proposal will expedite the end of terrorism. This will allow our citizens to walk back out into the streets without having to live in a constant state of fear. The P.O.W.’s that we bring back will be able to provide us with a new labor force to help build up the mechanized element of our army as well as provide us with intelligence that may help lead to the capture of more terrorists, some of which may even live in our country.
Secondly, putting my plan into practice will also fuel the economy. Because my plan will bring many people out of poverty, there will be more money circulating through the free market, and the economy of the United States will be boosted as a result.
Thirdly, the introduction of this new labor force into poverty stricken homes will not only provide the poor with a secondary source of income, it will also provide these families with a product that can be bought, sold, and traded for more money, goods and services. The P.O.W.’s will all be inherently different, and it should be no difficult matter to organize trades, and auctions for these incredibly useful commodities. Such an auction would require a planner, auctioneer, a setup and cleanup crew, and a grooming crew (for the P.O.W.’s themselves), and could provide many jobs for the poor.
Fourthly, implementing my plan would also allow for an improvement in the day to day lives of the poor as well. The P.O.W.’s could be used in the time they are not working to clean up our underprivileged communities. They could be used to do the dishes, clean up the homes and the streets of America, and the parks as well.
But lastly, and most importantly, my policy will greatly improve our global image, which is what sparked this war in the first place. Other countries of the world would love us. As I already stated, we would be responsible for bringing a swifter end to terrorism, making their countries, and the entire world a safer place to live. Our allies and enemies alike would see that we are no longer being coldhearted in our dealings with the poor citizens of our country, and that we are truly helping them to get back up on their feet. Finally, they would see how far we have come from the racist culture we were seen as having during the civil rights movement of the past century. We will be helping all races equally, and America will have a more diverse upper and middle class as a result.
Those who oppose my proposal will no doubt attack it on the grounds that to force a human being to perform unpaid labor is to have him succumb to a constant state of torture; but seeing as how our government officials are already torturing these prisoners in the jail cells we currently keep them in, I don’t see that many people will have a problem with my proposal, once they think it over.
I furthermore implore the politicians, who may be wary of putting my plan into practice, to ask these P.O.W.’s if they would prefer to be consistently exposed to torture in exchange for information, or if they would rather serve the common good by having a roof placed over their heads, and be allowed the pride of performing a job to the best of their ability.
I cannot stress with enough sincerity, that I am merely offering this proposal for the betterment of my country, as I have nothing personally to gain from this proposal. My family is currently above the poverty line, and I would not be receiving a slave – I mean, personal servant – if my plan is put into practice.
