The First American Jubilee Year

In ancient times, in Israel, they would have what is referred to as a Jubilee year. It was the year after seven, sets of seven years. The seventh day to the Israelites was a Holy day, their Sabbath, in which no labor was performed. In a like manner, they would have a sabbatical year every seventh year in the which all the fields were left fallow. After 7 of these sabbatical years, or after 49 years, they would have a Jubilee year in which all land was returned to its original owners or their heirs and all slaves were set free.

So in light of the financial problems that we are facing in America currently, I am declaring this an American Jubilee Year...which in our case means...all debts will be forgiven starting now. Therefore, everyone now owns their homes free and clear, all credit card and bank debts are forgiven, companies no longer have to pay back any of their debts, car debts are gone, government debt is gone, school loans are gone...we are all starting at zero with what ever possessions we have.

To some who had many debts, this will seem wonderful, to others who had few debts, this will seem unfair. I want all of us to look at this from the perspective that even if you don't benefit from it as much as someone else, you still probably benefit from it somewhat, and if you don't, it will still benefit you because it benefits the whole. I also ask all those who gain much by this Jubilee to please look around you and try to find some whose lives you might bless through your consequential kindness.

From today forward, lets all steer clear of debt as much as possible. We should be trying to practice delayed gratification, and save for most things before hand, and then buy them only when we have saved the needed money to be able to purchase them outright. There will still be some need for borrowing for large expenses but lets try and keep our debt minimal and manageable.

HaPPy JuBilEE,

The King

The Most Basic Unit of Society

As I hear of all the turmoil in the world, whether it be financial markets, lack of health care, lack of human dignity, wars, politics, or simple disagreements among people...I typically hear people asking, "Why doesn't the government fix this?" There are many different contributing units in society such as government, business, and religion among others. But none of these will ever give us what we need to fix the problems of society. In order to fix society, we need to fix the most basic element or unit of that society, which is the family. A strong family unit is the most basic unit of society, without which, no other unit of society be it government, business, or religion, can flourish.

To that end I am issuing this new mandate: Here to fore, the people of America will be limited to a work week consisting of five, six hour days. This will provide two hours more each day for families to interact with one another. It will lessen the income of everyone so there will be less to spend, but again, that will give us the opportunity to get back to some of the family activities where we are actually interacting, bonding, and enjoying one another's company. This should also foster an improvement in priorities and help us all remember what is really most important in life. Hopefully more basic morals and values can be instilled in us as a people. Families will be stregnthened, which will stregnthen individuals, which will give us better leaders in government, business, and religion, and thus our society will be stregnthened.

As a side benefit, more job positions will be made available to complete the tasks that would have been accomplished in the work hours we will be losing. This drop in unemployment will again allow for more families to provide for themselves and become stronger family units.


Happy familying,

The King