There are 50 million very poor people in the U.S., waiting for President Mr. Barack Obama to rescue them.
What they want above all is medicine, specifically various good medicines for a cold, stomach distress, blood stanching, pain relief, hypertension, diabetes, etc.
So, President Mr. Barack Obama should distribute "medicine tickets," like food stamps, each worth 100 dollars to every poor citizen for free as the first step.
A poor and sick man can bring the ticket to a hospital to receive medicine or treatment that costs 100 dollars or more.
The total amount of the budget needed for this scheme is just 5 billion dollars, a portion of money the U.S. Government spent for the GM and AIG rescue operations.
http://www.subletteexaminer.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1261
But, Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Yukio Hatoyama has to still take back 500 billion yen (more than $5 billion) from the extra budget earmarked by former P.M. Mr. Taro Aso, in order to help poor families with young children and high-school students.
[Note: After 6:02 p.m. of today, the Japanese media started to announce that Mr. Barack Obama has won Nobel Peace Prize...]
SECTION I: Judaists and Money
First of all, they have not survived relying on gold and money for 4000 years of history.
They have survived asking a favor of, and help from, their God.
Judaists, from the days when called Hebrews, Israelites, "Jews," and Israelis, have been carrying the faith but not gold or money for their survival, though their faith has not been perfect as indicated by the fact of their possession of gold and money.
And, it is interesting to see their traditional discipline on money and others:
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The Halachos Of Lending Money
Question:
What are the guidelines and practical ramifications of the Mitzvah in the Torah of "Im Kesef Talveh Ess Ami" (You Shall Lend Money To My People) (Shemos 22:24)?
What is the Halacha?
Answer:
1. There is a Positive Commandment in the Torah to lend money to anyone who needs it. This applies, whether the recipient is a wealthy person who is having a cash-flow problem, or a poor person, according to the financial ability of the lender, and for as long as possible. Lending objects is not a specific, individual Mitzvah, rather it is included in the general Mitzvah of being kind to others.
The Mitzvah to lend money is even greater than the Mitzvah to give Tzedakah, because a person is much less embarrassed to receive a loan than to receive Tzedakah. Also, by giving a loan you can help a borrower retain control over his business investments and give him the opportunity to stand on his own two feet and not have to accept hand-outs from others.
2. The lender has a right to demand proper collateral for his loan to guarantee that it will be paid back in a timely manner. If the lender is not satisfied with the guarantees provided, he has no obligation to lend, even if the borrower is a poor person. It is essential that a person keep in mind when faced with this situation that all of his actions must be L'Shem Shomayim (For The Sake Of Heaven).
http://torah.org/advanced/business-halacha/5757/vol1no10.html
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(To be continued...)
Luk 10:8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
Luk 10:9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Luk 10:10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
Luk 10:11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Luk 10:12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.