We seem to be working the lesson! But before you read through the piece below by Saul Alinsky, you might check this entry from Wikipedia about him:
Saul Alinsky
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community organizer and writer. He is generally considered to be the founder of modern community organizing. He is often noted for his book Rules for Radicals.
In the course of nearly four decades of political organizing, Alinsky received much criticism, but also gained praise from many public figures. His organizing skills were focused on improving the living conditions of poor communities across North America. In the 1950s, he began turning his attention to improving conditions in the African-American ghettos, beginning with Chicago's and later traveling to other ghettos in California, Michigan, New York City, and a dozen other "trouble spots".
His ideas were adapted in the 1960s by some U.S. college students and other young counterculture-era organizers, who used them as part of their strategies for organizing on campus and beyond. Time magazine once wrote that "American democracy is being altered by Alinsky's ideas," and conservative author William F. Buckley said he was "very close to being an organizational genius."
Subject: FW: All in a days work
How to create a social state by Saul Alinsky
There are 8 levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a social state.
The first is the most important.
1) Healthcare –
Control healthcare and you control the people
2) Poverty –
Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.
3) Debt –
Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.
4) Gun Control –
Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state.
5) Welfare –
Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income)
6) Education –
Take control of what people read and listen to – take control of what children learn in school.
7) Religion –
Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools
8] Class Warfare –
Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.
Now, think...
Does any of this sound like what is happening to the United States?
Edited the #8 of the list to reflect a number not 
- JMc
