Tuesday, July 1, 2008

A Good Example of the Concept

Recently, I was watching an episode from the final season of The West Wing. (p.s. This is such a good show - probably pretty underrated as far as good television shows in the last 25 years. But I digress...). There was a situation in the episode that corresponded really well to what Because is all about.

In the episode, there is a very high-ranking official named CJ Kregg. The administration was nearing an end, and CJ was going to need to find a new job pretty soon. She had a plethera of offers, but one offer was almost impossible to turn down (even though she did ultimately turn it down). A multi-billionare came to her with a job offer. He was a man who had already made his fortune, and now he wanted to leave a legacy by doing something good for the world. He presented CJ with this offer. He would give her 10 billion dollars to solve a social justice problem in the world. No strings attached. Here are the resources. Get out there and get it done.

This is the exact concept of Because...

Wouldn't it be a joy if someone would do this? Wouldn't it be such a blessing if this could happen? America, North America, and the developing countries have so much money and wealth - that this type of situation is possible. There are dozens of billionaires in the world. There are thousands of multi-millionaires in the world. There are people who have great resources and good hearts.

There are also people who are extremely smart. There are people who understand the world, understand what the world needs, and understand how to fix these problems. The problems in the world are large, but they are not invincible. There are answers to these questions, and there are solutions to these problems. We have the ability to solve these problems, and we have the people that can do it.

We can do things like this. We can do this.

What if we did something like this? There are smart people in the world. There are rich people in the world. And there is great need in the world. Because is focused on this type of concept. We want to end these problems by providing the appropriate resources that they need in order to eliminate them.

Hopefully one day Because can institute this situation - and we can end some of these problems.

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