scarcity

excerpt from an open letter by Congressman Keith Ellison:

In America today, we are encouraged to believe in the myth of scarcity - that there just isn't enough - of anything. But in the story of the miracle of the loaves and fishes, Jesus, who the Muslims call Isa, found himself preaching to five thousand (not including the women by the way) at dinner time, and there didn't appear to be enough food. The disciples said that there were only five barley loaves and two fish. "We just have to send them away hungry. We simply don't have enough." But Jesus took the loaves and the fish and started sharing food. There was enough for everyone. There was more than enough. What was perceived as scarcity was illusory as long as there was sharing, and not hoarding.

The idea here is not that there is a boundless supply of everything. Such an idea leads to waste and dispensability of everything. But the idea is that there is enough.

If scarcity is a myth, then poverty is not necessary....