I know our baby is going to be beautiful, and wonderful, I'm not worried about that, because I feel like we are wonderful. Kids tend to turn out like their parents, unless there's some serious resistance, and I'm just guessing, that since my partner and I are pretty nice and all, the resistance won't be there. I just don't want our baby to live in poverty for the early years of her life.
I guess this requires some back story, but where should I start? I guess by saying that I don't have a job. I don't have a job. That sucked to say. I don't want to say that ever again. I guess I kind of have a job, but it's freelance, and it doesn't pay all that well. Honestly, I wouldn't mind being poor if it meant that we could still eat.
The missus and I tend to drop some serious dough at the grocery store every week, and since I lost my full time job (through no fault of my own, damn it) we've had to cut back on our spending. It's not that I'm pompous (actually, maybe it is), it's just that information is often as much a curse as it is a power. My information has told me a few inconvenient things about food, politics, and the capitalist system. I guess I'll make a bullet list of them, because there are a few:
- Every time money is spent in the capitalist world, a vote has been cast toward the production practices of the individual or group who is providing the goods or services. That's right, every single item in your home that was made in China is a vote that you willingly made to support a country that abuses its workers without a flinch. How many items do you own that weren't fabricated in China?
- Foods that aren't organic are poisonous. Life would be so much easier if this weren't true, but it is. Genetic engineering would be a good thing, if it were being used for the right reasons. It's not, currently. It's being used to produce crops that generate their own pesticides. Do we really want to be eating that? The answer is no, and there's plenty of evidence to back it up.
- Factory farmed meat is not only unhealthy to eat, but it's immoral for it to be produced. Honestly, even if you ignore the facts about health issues, do you really think it's a good idea to be eating misery?
- Corporations with lobbying power in this country are influencing our educational institutions and our eating habits. These corporations tend to produce grains the cheapest, which is why grains currently are at the base of the food pyramid. Food stamps, for example, can only be used for the purchase of certain foods. Most of these foods are made from white flour. I could probably go on a rant about how feeding the poor bad food keeps them poor, but I think I'll save that for another day.
- It's better for the planet to buy local in just about every way I can imagine.
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