Charites Are in Greater Demand

/ HPLACharities.org / Leave a comment

With Cuts to Federal Programs Americans are Being Hurt and need help

This was a recent article published by Dr. Robert Riech and INEQUALITY MEDIA Civic Action

Social Security is one of the smartest, most effective, and most popular programs in American history. For nearly a century, through economic ups and downs, it has never missed a payment, always delivering benefits on time to every eligible American. We can be proud of how reliable and beneficial this system is.

Before Social Security was created in 1935, nearly half of our nation’s seniors lived in poverty. Today, that number is down to 10.3 percent. In 2021 alone, Social Security lifted more than 18 million older Americans out of poverty. Despite this remarkable success, far too many seniors and people with disabilities still struggle to get by, while Republicans in Congress push for deep l cuts to Social Security benefits. House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle reports that the Republican Study Committee’s released 2025 budget would “make Republican plans to gut Social Security a reality.” Forcing Americans to work longer for less, they would “cut Social Security benefits for 257 million people, or 3 in 4 Americans.” This is the same proposed Republican budget that ends Medicare as we know it, attacks the Affordable Care Act, and slashes food assistance for children. And it offers all this destruction in order to pander to the ultra-rich with $4.5 trillion dollars in tax cuts.

Nearly 40% of seniors rely on Social Security for more than half of their income, nearly half of Americans 55 and older have zero retirement savings, and the average Social Security benefit is only $1,688 a month. The program has a $2.85 trillion surplus and can pay full benefits until 2035. Yet, some Republicans in Congress still claim Social Security is going broke. It’s not going broke, but we can do better. Instead of cutting Social Security benefits just to line the pockets of billionaires, let’s find ways to increase benefits to all Americans and improve its solvency now, and beyond 2035. We can make Social Security stronger, not weaker>. This is the effect of legislation sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Val Hoyle: the Social Security Expansion Act of 2025.

Now, the richest man on earth, Elon Musk, is working on a hostile takeover of Social Security, threatening $500 billion in cuts to Social Security and Medicare. If this bill had been passed when first introduced just four years ago, Musk would have paid $2.9 billion more in taxes, Social Security would have been solvent for 75 years, benefits would have increased by $2,400, and 93% of Americans wouldn’t have paid a penny more in taxes.

So, the question is, will there be some sort of compromise where none of these drastic and ridiculous cuts will be implemented or will they be approved and go into effect very quickly. As has been published by National News Media and social media the real possibility exists for chainsaws to be used to cut all of Government established and approved budgets. As taxpayers we should be able to persuade the politicians to use a microscope and a scalpel to save money that is supposedly being wasted. I think we need to start by blowing up our representative’s phone lines, email address and physical addresses with the message “Stop the Presses”. Trust me, that is the minimum action that you and I need to start taking. In my last post I asked to call a spade a spade. Today, Politicians are pawns moved around by puppet masters called mega donors. It is very difficult to follow their own agenda, as a politician, unless they have a majority of constituents that have the same exact agenda as them. (There are some politicians in whose districts I will never go to).

But representatives are driven by their supporters. Unfortunately, we now have a few puppets master’s that can mandate all branches of government to do as they want not what is really needed by or for our country. It is sad that being gaslighted as citizens and kept from being able to see the future agenda of these few, has created a monster. Our representatives are being blackmailed so they won’t even do what their constituents demands for them to do. And they can’t be recalled so they have to resign or for the sake of their constituents or put on the gloves and fight the blackmail. We have to help them and let them know we control the vote not the mega donors. I have used this phrase many times and it is vital to understand the significance of it and how to work to amend the message. “Folks don’t know what they don’t know they don’t know”. Did you know that there is a little town called Gas City? For a few of you this information may be common knowledge, but I would guess that most of you reading this post did not know that the little town called Gas existed. What may be interesting to learn is how few of you care that you “didn’t know what you did not know” about Gas City. There in lays the big problem. What are somethings everyone on earth should know that that they don’t know. Where is Gas City is, should be low on list of things to know. But on the flip side what should every person on earth know? You can start your own list and send me your top ten via https://habitacionesparalatinos.org/contact-us/. Some proof that GOD exist maybe the number one question on a majority of your minds, but I would dare say there are folks who know nothing about GOD’s. The need for survival is not only common knowledge, but how to best do that is the biggest need to teach, learn or to make people aware of.

To sustain one’s health and nurture your body? For me that carries forward for people closest and dearest to me. Natural life sustaining resources are food and water. In whatever form that comes to you is vital. It cannot contain ingredients that will kill you, neither immediately nor even over the course of time. (Death is inevitable but should not be accelerated). The next resource needed after we have food, and water comes protection from the elements. That comes in the need of shelter and having the resources to keep the body warm or cool. We must add companionship, but that is another story for another time. Today the US population is concerned with having fresh water, nutritious food and basic shelter. (heat, warm and protection from the elements). Drought, water contamination, infested produce, bird flu, floods and forest fires is forces threating our survival. Money may be the root of all evil, but it is the primary source of survival in that it takes money to buy the basic needs to survive today. Even the survivalist need money to buy a compass.

HPLA Charities is asking you for donations. Thankfully most of us have the resources to buy whatever we need to survive. However outrageous the cost of goods is rising we can make it. But look around and see those around you who obviously can’t make it. Watch closely as Mom shops for the cheapest price in every category of the grocery store, milk, eggs, vegetables etc. See that at the checkout even the child does not get a piece of gum or a treat. It is heart breaking to see this suffering and the number of these folks are increasing. The world baits us with carrots on the end of the stick called tobacco, alcohol, tattoos and sex. The most intelligent of Americans succumb to the carrots dangled by the world no matter how poor. One line I use to explain my clients is “some people are hurting through no fault of their own” and you must walk in their shoes and live in their world in order to understand and appreciate their needs. I have seen where just a little help can bring folks out of their rut and back to the ability to sustaining their families and themselves. Fixing a leaky toilet can reduce the cost of water enough to buy a gallon or two of milk per month. New HVAC filters, a storm door, insulation around windows and doors. Most important is smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors which helps with utility billing and the safety everyone needs. In the last 6 months the call for utility help, interim food between paydays along with handrails, wheelchair ramps and yard waste removal has been mission. Winter temperatures and the demands are the worst. A busted water line feeding water to a mobile home had frozen solid, but was fixed in promptly in February. You and your significant others must come first but know there are human beings out here as bad off as the stray dog or cat just wanting a warm place and some food and drink.

Help us find and help those folks. Let us know if you know or suspect someone who is hurting. Donate for their benefit not for ours. HPLA takes no donation money to maintain our existence as a non-profit or to perpetuate any of our board or staff. All work is done by volunteers, and your donations are used to buy supplies or to benefit the clients in need directly. Safe donations are done best given through our website which is managed by PayPal at www.hplacharities.org/donate

As a Latino and Veteran, it is vital to find and help our active military as well as veterans that need help so we can help. It is vital to find those Latinos that are fearing they will be separated from their families by mistake. More importantly is to find shut-Ins that “Don’t Know What They Don’t know” that help is available a phone call away. Please help us find those we miss.

God Bless You and God Bless America,

Robert Flores Chairman HPLA Charities aka Habitaciones Para Latinos Assocation 913-269-4450

Serving Wyandotte and Sedgwick Counties of Kansas

It is time to call a spade a spade

/ HPLACharities.org / Leave a comment

From the Greek phrase “to call a fig a fig and a trough and trough” attributed to Plutarch, meaning to speak plainly and directly about something that was later mistranslated into Latin by “Erasmus” replacing “fig” and “trough” with “spade”. Bottom line it is the act of speaking honestly even if unpleasant, expressively without euphemisms. It is time to call a spade a spade.

There is a power play in place that is beyond the understanding or even which most Americans can fathom. Why? It is because most of the US’s population has no knowledge or understanding of the history of the world or the history of economic thought. The hedonistic traits that bring a culture to this point in time is based on a self-preservation saying, “that only the strong will survive”. The world population has become so ignorant that they can be “hood winked” or lied to and they have no way to disprove the lie, so they believe it. There are several ways to verify what I say, and it starts with what we hear and believe in our everyday exchanges with folks we love and trust. For the young child it is what it hears at home. Later it is what he hears at school. For those of us in the bible belt it is what we hear from the pulpit. What is most important for me to communicate to you via his platform is for you to believe that the strongest trait which drives an individual is for personal gain or self-preservation. Hedonism is key. A mindset of “what is in it for me?” Welcome to America!

When I drill down on this question of self-preservation there are hundreds of paths one can take. I am going to try to stay with someone who is more concerned with ensuring the survival of those they love then the survival of they themselves. I believe this world would be a much better place if an individual worried more about those they love then themselves. After being with the same “significant other” for decades I have come to the conclusion that the survival and happiness of those I love is more important than my own survival. To switch gears, I would ask a patriot going to war, would you give up your life for your country as easily as you would for your significant other. The truth is we are brain washed by those who we trust to be concerned with the love of our country than for our own success and survival. I say brain washed because no one who is truly concerned for my better welfare would send me somewhere where losing my life is assured. Yet it is happening every day and in most cases for no good reason. At least not for one that benefits all of humanity. Thus, it is survival of the fittest at the expense of another human being.

In the conflict with Russia and Ukraine the North Korean dictator sent troops to assist in the war and they were quickly dispatched by Ukraine and the leadership that sent those troops there was very much convinced that would probably happen. As a North Korean patriot was convinced that they were doing the right thing for the cause it has to be said they were brain washed and used. Indeed, they were, leaving loved one and children behind. It is shameful for one person to send another to die for their own better welfare or egotism. The United States is being brain washed and more importantly being pit one against each other. Families are in conflict for the better welfare of a very few. Starting with an autocrat who knows many are going to die for their egotism. It is time that we all wake up to the fact that survival of the fittest does not mean you sacrifice yourself for anyone but a loved one if necessary but not for anyone or anything else. From my desk I see no need for battle. The US especially has resources to barter with. Our role should be that all those needing to barter with us must take care of their citizens basic needs first.

Aside: Who are your loved ones? In my world I have my close circle of friends and loved ones. Those who share my blood line are first in line. Secondly are my closest neighbors and friends. Thirdly my community, county, city and state. The preservation of my country not above all but much in the mix. Who am I willing to sacrifice my life for are the ones who would sacrifice their all for me. Let me say that again, “those who would sacrifice their life for me”. Do you care a flip about me? Therein lies the rub, we do not care a flip about everyone on this earth. We are having a hard time getting along as neighbors. There are those who are trying hard to keep us feuding. It is time to stop. It is time to see the truth about who it is that is keeping us divided instead of working hard to unite us. What you feel is right or wrong can be put into the opinion page of your local newspaper or on social media but not cause you to chainsaw your neighbors political yard sign or burn his car.

It was the need to cut excessive government spending that swayed the 2024 election. What is interesting is that many folks did not realize they were benefiting from the, so called, excessive spending. Now that many are laid off the truth hits home. Please know that your sacrifice for your country is at the expense of your most cherished friends and family. Is it worth giving up the security of your family to add another billion dollars to the very rich. I say it is better to sacrifice everything for your loved ones by knowing who it is that is getting your hard-earned paycheck. Can you get to the point where you are going someplace in a used car rather than a brand new one. Can you drink water instead of beer. Can you eat hamburger instead of steak. The sooner the population of America learns to insure each of your loved one and neighbors have basic needs, only then should you have the option to splurge. Those that we elect to represent us “we the people” have to make sure everyone in his/her district, state etc., is getting the basic needs of survival provided and no one is dying due to lack of healthcare, nourishment, shelter or love. All of these needs are basic physiological necessities.

For many of you it is easier to give to the church, United Way, World Vision or UNICEF. No complaints on using that channel of helping, but we are in a situation today where we need to give closer to home. We currently have an administration that is cutting help to the world and hopefully use it for you and your loved ones. Truth be told the US has the ability to feed everyone that is hungry throughout the world. Some of you will agree that those budget cuts are to keep the filthy rich from paying little if no taxes and kick the can down the road for you and me to pick up. Whatever your situation I think you can look around your own circle of friends and family and confess there are many citizens out there who are hurting through no fault of their own. I ask you give to folks you can actually see benefiting from your generosity. If you keep up with HPLA you will see that we try to report to those who give exactly where we are using their gifts. Also, we are sure to communicate that no overhead cost is paid for from private donations. We have no other revenue stream but yours. All we are able to do is done by volunteers and all the gifts received are used to help our clients only. please let us keep doing well. Please give. www.hplacharities.org/donate

Protest the inhuman actions that are taking place under democracy when in reality is hedonistic action to benefit a very few. The avarice!

The Rule of a Monarch

/ HPLACharities.org / Leave a comment

All indications point to a historical beginning for the lands we now know as the United States of America. It was just prior to 1776 when citizens rebelled and said “we will not be ruled by a king” they referred to the fact that many colonists were angry because they did not have self-government. This meant that they could not govern themselves and make their own laws. As King of Great Britain, during the American Revolution King George III had become to many Americans a byword for tyranny and the arrogance of the European aristocracy that ruled over them.

In the next few days, we will seriously need to watch if we have not come full circle and once again be governed by tyranny and arrogance. Not by a foreign entity but by a demon of our making. We must be watchful of witch hunts and deceptions. We are moving into an era of the lowest IQs among the populous and that of a new generation being deprived from historical truths. The results of which will allow history to repeat itself. The results of which also could make us all slaves to a very few. To relent we must start with painting every living sole without any color nor difference from one and other. I am and you are a human being, and we are “not different”. We are not above one and other we are equals. Those that we look up to as leaders must be equals working for all our benefit and not for self-interests.

Blogs like these are a dime a dozen and bring lots of food for thought and attention to what it is that we need to be concerned with, but bottom line these blogs make no difference and create little movement in ideology. You or I will not wake tomorrow doing anything different. However, this blog may create a subliminal thought which will make an impact on a decision in a future event. Unconsciously we are led by thoughts, expectations and emotions. My hope is that those thoughts are of doing good things and insuring the survival of each other and not the elimination of any.

Today we are at war with an ideology that some citizens are indeed inferior and should be eliminated. The divisions are very splintered and hard to define. As an example, different cultures, no doubt skin color, gender, etc., but mostly today it is the thought that America should rule the world, as Britian thought years ago. “We will offer the best lifestyle for all inhabitants of the earth”. The downside is that many inhabitants of this world want no one overseeing them. The life of freedom under the rules of democracy are not appealing nor are the rule of any overseer. They are handcuffed to rules which are supposed to provide equity to all, but someone has to manage the goods and thus comes the conflict. Hedonistic greed and power. The exalting of deities that created themselves or emerged from a chaotic state. Weather Brahma from Hinduism or Atum from Egyptian mythology. All have been used to manipulate and abuse the sincere and humble. In America it is Jesus Christ. Yes, those guilty of sin will burn in hell, but it does no good here on earth for God’s wrath to fall on those guilty of these atrocities in the afterlife. Leaders take heed, God is watching.

Education on world history and scientific evidence has to be accepted and not disputed for that same hedonistic utility, greed told by any one lying influencer. Walk on water for me Ms./Mr. and you may get my attention. Action toward honesty and good will work better to win my vote and the role of a leader rather than any division and fear you bring. The King must be seen as one with no clothes if he is indeed walking around naked. We are each looking for peace and tranquility. The ability to provide for the ones we love. If the religions of the world, make a law that anyone loving and keeping a dog is punishable by death it won’t take long to get that law thrown out. Why is it any different for loving any other human being?

HPLA Charities has one mission and that is to provide basic physiological needs to those who cannot afford to provide them for themselves. We start with shelter. Insuring folks have a place to live safely and out of harm’s way. Lately we have built a ramp for a disabled person to get in and out of their home safely. We have provided food for two households due to very difficult circumstances. We have fixed leaky faucets and lighting. We have installed handrails and put up tarps to keep the wind at bay. We have replaced rotted wood on exterior buildings and homes. We did not ask what religion, culture or political affiliation the client sided with. We just helped. We hear it over and over from folks in need and with health issues. I just want to stay in my home as long as I can. Aside: We just fulfilled that promise to a 90-year-old client of nearly 10 years. In her last days she only was only out of her home for one month before passing.

How do we do with no paid staff, no grants or sponsors? We do it with donations from folks like you that appreciate us helping when you cannot. We are your hands and feet, and we carry your love and caring with us on every job. What would Jesus do today? I am sure he would do the same. He walked the earth and healed and helped never having a cent to his name. Never asking their culture or religion. Folks provided him all that was needed to get the job done. We do it because of you and through your donations via www.hplacharities.org/donate.

We still live in a democracy where the majority of the publics voice still rules. We cannot be all things to all people all of the time, but we can be some things to some people part of the time. We are part of thousands who still care for the low-income citizens of our free country and work daily to help them survive while allowed to live. Most of those we serve are folks that are in need through no fault of their own. Those who serve give of their time and money willingly.

God Bless

The Divine Call for Peace: Insights for 2025

/ HPLACharities.org / Leave a comment

From the Desk of Robert Flores, Chairman and Founder of HPLA Charities aka Habitaciones Para Latinos Association. In an unpublished story that I have begun to write, my title will be shocking and certainly controversial. “The Words of the Real & Only GOD for 2025 and Beyond” Wow, can we all have a field day with this one. Please take it seriously and think about it. As the inhabitants of this world, the majority has no say in what is to be done for us going forward. Highlight the word majority. The greatest gift we should give ourselves as humans is PEACE. Love thy neighbor as thyself and do not covet. This has been demanded by most modern-day representatives of our creator as they received the command directly from GOD. Just ask them, they will tell you that’s the truth. If we can look through the eyes of the one and only true GOD and believe that peace is paramount for our population to exist, then we have to settle some serious issues amongst GOD’s people. It has to start with those who are called to be GOD’s representatives. Those whom we pay to receive GOD’s Truth and pass it down. I dare not go back any further than the times documented in the Christian Holy Bible, The Catholic Bible, The Muslim Bible (Qur’an), The Hindu Vedas, etc. The unrest or lack of peace has come from places and people on the earth whose “religions” feel certain lands belong to them. This may be the only reason there is no peace. These people have the idea that GOD has guaranteed them a specific place on earth and anyone who disagrees is wrong. NOT!

If the truth beknown unrest or peace will never exist because GOD gave us all the “will” to do whatever we want with a few exceptions. The purpose of my message is not to cover all the reasons why there is no peace or unrest although a few should be listed: The obvious is economic changes, political changes and social changes. Religion, governance and politics along with human rights, and justice are fundamental to society and have historically caused many conflicts. Instead, the purpose of my message is to remind each one of you the destruction that these conflicts bring to us, the inhabitants of this world. In 2025 the loss of life and more so, the destruction of our habitats maybe the worst they have ever been. I have not researched the data going back to the wars of the 1800’s 1900’s or those thus far in the 2000’s but suffice it to say we are living in some very scary times where the destruction of cities, the loss of innocent lives and the ridiculous reasons that is perpetuating the destruction of resources is absolutely asinine. Can you side with needing to destroy resources and kill people due to who drew first blood? Absolutely. Can you abhor or find repugnant one country attacking another for the want of that country’s resources? Yes. The problem is that in desperation someone is going to come and try to get something from us. It maybe to retaliate or just to acquire needed resources. It maybe because the US has become a “Sodam and Gomorrah” and GOD wants to rain fire and sulfur on our cities. Whatever happens many of us will become a detriment a liability. We will have no say and while some will have underground bunkers and safe places to survive the bulk of the population will not. We must demand that all issues and retaliation due to disagreements STOP before they impact the US.

We have an opportunity to start 2025 with the knowledge that the one GOD, creator of the universe, says it’s time to STOP. Time out, start over, half time. GOD’s Army must come together and ensure that everyone has all their basic needs met. Yes, all over the world. The cost of exploring other planets may have great value but not at the cost of human life and human dignity here on earth. The money spent on explosive devises thus far in all the conflicts going on in the world would put every person on earth on a balanced budget. Every basic physiological need met. (Food, shelter, safety and a significant other).

So, this “PIE IN THE SKY” idea has to be put into action. It has to start with peace and equity for all. It has to continue by being contented with what you have. Drugs, alcohol, piercings and tattoos are a luxury not a basic need for survival. Living on the street begging for your next meal while covered head to toe with ink, piercing and silver is not meeting your own basic needs. (Food, shelter, safety, and a significant other). Some folks just need a dog or cat for their significant other. That is good for me. Where do we as a society begin, where do we go first? For me it is trying to ensure that those folks who are working or even begging to acquire their basic physiological needs get the leg up to get those things they need now. Any homeowner that is trying to have one dollar left over every month when all the bills for basic needs are met and needs an extra dollar for baby formula or a leaky faucet fixed can get it. No not for cigarettes or beer, but even then they should be helped. There are hundreds of charities in play that are established to help in any area of your life. In Kansas there are 811, 311, 211 numbers that are there to help. Reserve 911 for life threating scenarios.

HPLA Charities is one charity I manage that can help with home repairs and a place to call for help. We will try to get you to the right place to obtain your basic physiological needs. Call 913-269-4450 and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Go to http://www.hplacharities.org/donate if you are with me and willing to support our mission. Don’t hesitate to call us for further information or to volunteer to help with a project. 913-269-4450

Robert Flores Chairman

2024 Elections are over, but the fears remain

/ HPLACharities.org / Leave a comment

There is no need to banter about the results of the 2024 Presidential election. There is plenty of room for celebration, condemnation, mourning, or conspiracy theory. If the bulk of cynical folks are correct, however, the leaders of the left and right wings of politics are working together to keep us divided and intent on us sending them all the cash value of our assets.

It is time to stop sending contributions to politicians in Washington and start sending them to your local grassroots organizations that are helping us all without paid staff, without overhead, and without internal costs. Please donate to organizations that are using funds to go directly to those who are hurting. Are there non-profits that don’t take anything off the top for overhead? YES, there are! You are reading the plea from a very successful organization. A very small one that you can help make bigger and help do more, but one with no donation money used to pay for anything but the clients projects. www.hplacharities.org/donate

You will notice and you should be aware that most contributions going to organizations to stop disease are going for research. That means it goes to pay researchers. Scientist are working hard to find solutions to prevent cancer for example. But I say to those organizations, give half of all you receive to help the individuals with the diseases. Make sure they are living as comfortable as possible while you find a cure. It may slow the process to find a cure, but those poor souls with the decease are currently going through the poor house before they die. Why not let them die in dignity while the scientific community works for a cure as fast as they can?

No need to name names, but recently I have seen more social media posts from folks who are the victims of the very problem of which I speak. These folks are begging or are selling all their assets to sustain themselves and literally still starving in their last days. In a recent tragedy, a healthcare executive was murdered to bring awareness to the injustice we in America are facing from the insurance industry. For being the richest country in the world, I hate to imagine what a third world country’s residents are facing. (I am so proud to be an American). Public healthcare or not, there is tremendous corruption in medicine as there is in politics. It starts with “Big Pharma” pushing scientists around for their benefit first, then pushing doctors to overprescribe their products. There is plenty of work to be done in this area, but killing the leaders of these corporations is not a way to protest. But maybe ostracizing their products is.

Holistic Medicine is a real practice and may reduce big pharma’s grip on society. That maybe a channel which may prove more beneficial. In closing, please know that for many the ability to survive in dignity is to have a safe place to stay. We can do it, and you can help. Happy Holidays

Are Millions out of touch with Reality?

/ HPLACharities.org / Leave a comment

I posed this question to Google: What is the IQ (Human Intelligent Quotient) levels in the USA by state. Interestingly the state with the highest IQ was Massachusetts, ranking first with an average IQ of 104.3. The second and third highest were New Hampshire and North Dakota with state average IQ scores of 104.2 and 103.8. Mississippi was ranked last with an average IQ of 94.2. In the top 10 are Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, Minnesota, Montana, Maine, Iowa, Connecticut and Wisconsin. Let’s move on to the lowest IQ states. In order Tennessee, Arkansas, Arizona, Nevada, Alabama, New Mexico, Hawaii, California, Louisiana and Mississippi. Kansas has a respectable IQ of 100.5 matched by Idaho and Indiana at 100.6 and South Dakota at 100.7. It would be very interesting to know how IQ and the understanding of current events correlate. More interesting if the higher IQ people in the public have any influence on current events or can they change them. Coming full circle what is reality and how do you package that in a malleable form.

Reality is defined as the world or state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them (i.e. “he refuses to face reality”) Secondly, it is defined as the state or quality of having existence or substance. The real nature of things rather than imagined, invented, or theoretical ideas. Some of the synonyms are fact, truth, certainty, realism.

One reality is that evil will always exist. Each of us can decide what is the evilest thing anyone can do. One thing that comes to mind is the deliberate killing of innocent people. To do that in the name of God is maybe worse. The Kamikaze pilots of Japan or the Martyrs of Allah are innocent individuals who believe that their death is honorable and that there will be life after death. That is a great notion and one that may be necessary for a culture to exist. However, self-preservation is instinctively bred into us so to give up our life willingly requires a very special person or a very ignorant one. Brain washing, I believe, is real. To think that an individual or group of individuals that would ask someone to die for any reason is pure evil. What is the motive for anyone to do that? The threat of the extinction of the group might be a good motive. I am sure you can come up with more motives yourself. I would ask, is it the smartest of the population that would Martyr themselves or the dumbest for the cause. I am going with the less educated folks or those with a low IQ would be more easily persuaded to kill themselves for a cause then those with a higher education or IQ. Where are the days when the king led his Army into battle? What was his IQ?

To get to a point with all this is to suggest that folks are becoming expendable. It is usually the poorly educated folks that are most easily persuaded to fight for a cause that are sent to battle first. It is the folks with the higher IQ that sit back and watch. Secondly it is those same higher IQ folks that profit from any gain in the war. There are plenty of examples where a majority of less intelligent folks rose up for survival and won. Today we are a democracy because a few brave men insisted on being free rather than slaves to a monarch. By slaves the 13 colonies were being taxed without any representation or voice to object. It took ten years and 6,800 Patriots that died to finally end the war for independence. Some 17,000 died from disease while being housed in Prison Ships in the New York Harbor. In hindsight was that much loss of life worth it. What if the war had been lost and we were today under British rule? What if there had never been a war and we would be living exactly the way British citizens are living now. Based on 246 years as a democracy and the lifestyle we enjoy today I like where I am. I am sad so many died to free us from British Rule and allow us to be where we are today. But where are we today? Inciting an insurrection due to high taxes, yes and many other good reasons. Again, being brainwashed by smart people? Those being mostly filthy rich people not wanting to pay taxes. But who is it that is going to die for a change to the status quo? I doubt any of the men in the war of 1776 expected to die. Today we know that any conflict will take lives. Who will be the first to raise your hand and say I am willing to die or worse yet that I am willing to send my own boys and girls to die. Remember who is going to gain the most by sending you or your children to war. It is time for American to say NO! Not my kids.

As I had mentioned previously, the reality is that evil does exist. The reality is that America has folks that want to kill. They don’t need a cause but if they have one that is great. Real freedom is living in a void with all the ingredients to sustain yourself and no one to disagree with you. Since that will never happen, we will continue to see evil, and we will always have conflict. As a Christian nation we are led by the recorded actions and examples of one man who did no wrong. We are also exposed to the historical evils in the recording of the Old Testament. The philosophy we should all strive to live by is summarized in the ten commandments. Jesus taught that they are still relevant. But so many who want to live in peace are not allowed to do so and are being constantly bombarded with threats. The more they try to follow the footsteps and teachings for good the more they are threatened. The Nation of Israel has tried to live a life of peace and follow the teaching of their God and those who they believe are their Gods appointed leaders. The Patriarchs of Judaism Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob are considered the forefathers of the Jewish people and believed to have established a covenant with GOD. Prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos and Hosea delivered messages from GOD, often addressing social injustices and urging the people to remain faithful. Still, they have fought and tried to preserve land that was promised to them by God. Those that disagree are willing to shed blood to prove their case, but the ones that are willing to shed blood are not on the front line, but if successful will be the one to profit the most. Any God that teaches you have to kill your fellow man to please me is not a GOD. He more closely resembles our definition of Satan. The Prince of Evil.

The preservation of life should be the highest priority for the world. Currently the issue of abortion is one of the examples. While the question of when does life begin is in conflict, more importantly is the question who has the right to take a life? Those that are most concerned with calling an abortion deliberate murder or killing a life are very comfortable with wiping out a country and all its inhabitants. That means pregnant women, children, boys, men and girls. While we live in a hypocritical world, due to evil, there are those who are honest, faithful, hardworking and peaceful loving individuals. The world has gone from fighting for survival with animals to fighting for survival with each other. Today the majority of the world is not fighting for survival of the species but instead for dominance. There are unresolved regional tensions such as a breakdown in the rule of law, an absent or co-opted state institution, illicit economic gain and the scarcity of resources all exacerbated by climate change. These have all become dominant drivers of the conflict.

One Reality

HPLA Charities is not even a spec on the global scene and yet we are making progress into saving lives, at minimum perpetuating lives and trying to do our part to make our community a better place with the thought of bringing peace with one and other. Our mission if you have not read our “about page” has been to provide home repair to low income homeowners. That mission has been overshadowed by folks needing help in other areas rather than just leaky faucets. We have been petitioned to provide money for specialized meals for special dietary homeowners, school supplies, help with the high cost of utilities. mortgage payments, insurance and with other temporary needs such as utility deposits and late fees. A few of our short term help recipients have come back to support us as volunteers or paid with cash back. These folks are authentic with there needs and grateful for the leg up.

Our monthly donations have been a great help and more importantly given from the heart. We receive a $10 gift every month and have for years from a person who probably is in need herself. “It is those that can afford to give the least that give the most proportionately”. Since the need to donate to politicians is temporarily over the need to contribute to charities is not. Will you send us 10% of what you donated to a political campaign? www.hplacharities.org/donate

We have home-repair projects in play and we have already contributed some to clients for healthcare. The goal is to keep more folks in their homes. Home healthcare is at an all time high and that keeps folks from living in a nursing home where life expectancy is very predictable. I’d like to shout out to one of our oldest clients at 90 years old that we have been helping for over 5 years. She is still making it on her own in her own house.

God Bless you all for caring and doing what you can to help in our mission. HPLA has no paid staff or overhead that uses your donations. The donations all go to the folks we help and those that will come. There will always be those. HPLA Charities

WHO TO BELEIVE 2024

/ HPLACharities.org / Leave a comment

Some of you may recall the show “Truth or Consequences” a show created by a, then popular, creator named Ralph Edwards. The phrase refers to the idea that actions have consequences. It’s a powerful reminder of the importance of honesty, integrity and accountability. To suggest today that everyone is trustworthy, dependable and loyal is to be out of touch with reality. I would dare say that no one can be classified that way. There may be some exceptions, but very few I would assume. The reality is that in order to convince folks of anything would suggest that some deviance from the truth has to be included. Think of the truth in advertising. (Under the law, claims in adverting cannot be deceptive or unfair and must be evidence based). Making a deceptive, unfounded, or misleading claim is not just unethical it is a crime. Some recent companies that have come under scrutiny are Burger King, Safeway, Albertsons, and Vons. In 2014 L’Oreal was accused of making false and unsubstantiated claims about two of its skincare products. Red Bull, Frito-Lay, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have all be accused of, at the least, misleading the public in their advertising. While many of these companies have been found guilty and fined in many cases the downside is that a large percentage of those people deceived have no idea that they were and continue to buy the “fake news” about the products advertised long after the truth was revealed.

The world is in crises and more importantly the United States is seriously divided. The division is rooted in the belief that those, of our neighbors, who we are against are uneducated and misinformed. As a result, there is no way we can associate with them. It gets dangerous, however, when I am told those who I contest are going to bring loss and suffering to me if I let them survive. I should try to defame them and turn others against them to save myself and my likeminded circle of friends and family.

The motive is to gain the majority of votes. Worst case we fight. If we look at just one issue which is interpreted 10 different ways you may get ten circles of disagreement. Multiply that by 100 issues and you begin to see the danger. In my mind if we compromise there is going to be lots of unhappy people. And who is to judge what one of us is willing to give up and another is not? It is called democracy. The majority rules. (I won’t get into a 50/50 split because that generally only happens in very small groups where there is no final authority. (i.e. husband and wife:)). But seriously, when the issue becomes real, and the loss and suffering get real then the compromise may not be acceptable and thus cults and splitter groups form that are willing to take up arms to maintain their stance. Well, we are here in 2024. We are here because there is no final authority for the truth. The first lair has no chance because it opens up the flood gates for untruths. Those who have been seated to be the final vote makers are themselves being lied to or more correctly bribed to vote one way. Honesty, integrity and accountability have been lost. Those who are uneducated and misinformed are easily swayed and naive enough to take up arms. Civil War is an ugly term and yet being tossed around frequently. In spite of the history that we have all been taught, the liars the cheaters the cowards would rather see us fight against each other just so they can sit back and gamble on who is going to win, never once putting themselves in danger. The end is not near, and we can sit around and wait for a savior. Until he/she does come the battle for survival is on us. We must rebel against the few powerful and wealthy enough to sit back and watch us fight each other while they gamble on who wins. Through our vote we must dethrone anyone who does not convince us they are for equality and survival of the majority. We are the 90% not the 10%. Amongst the 90% we must compromise in lieu of the unhappy results for most of us.

It has been my belief and my calling to try to do all I can do to help folks who are hurting through no fault of their own. It does not matter if those hurting believe what I believe or think the way I think. I want to help them live with their basic needs assured. Food, water, clothing, shelter, security and friendship. I need to find those who think like I do on this issue. To hell with all else. let’s work together to make this happen. “Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door! The Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.” Ditto from HPLA Charities Association. http://www.hplacharities.org/donate -Robert Flores Chairman

💖 Love thy neighbor.

paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/2036616

/ HPLACharities.org / Leave a comment

New Fund-Raising Place

If you have not noticed a new link or new channel to contribute to our mission is on the donation tab of our home page. paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/2036616 We have earned a spot with PayPal to get funds via the PayPal Gift Giving Fund. For those of you who give every month and use our regular PayPal channel there is no need to change. But be sure the gift is directed to HPLA Charities. It is important to keep each of you updated on what we are doing with the donations we get. Our mission has been to give home repair to low-income homeowners to keep folks in their homes. We have been extremely successful in helping many elderly or physically challenged individuals stay in their homes and not go to nursing homes. Our government has made great strides in helping folks stay in their homes too by providing in home care by professionals or payments to relatives willing to take on the task of caring for a loved one in their own house. If you ever talk to someone who is terminally ill the one thing we always hear is, “I want to go home”. If you have not had anyone close to you in a health care facility and experienced that process you need to go see anyone who has no family and visit them. Maybe you can volunteer to read to a group or use your crafts skills to show how these folks can stay active and hopeful doing what you do. Knitting, singing, assembling puzzles, etc. I would dare say not one of them would not rather be home then there. So, keeping folks in their home is a benefit for everybody. Most importantly it is an advantage to the homeowner. It provides a safe place and relieves stress.

In our post we try to stay positive and encourage folks to share the wealth directly to those who are hurting or via trustworthy organizations who don’t absorb most of the donations to pay for overhead. In our eighth year HPLA has never had a paid staff. We do all we do with volunteer help and the monies we get goes directly to help our clients. Worst case we have bought drinks and snacks for our volunteers while they are working for us. This statement is made proudly because while many great organizations keep pets alive that have been abandoned or abused, they spend a tremendous amount of donations paying for air-conditioned building with first class accommodations for the managers and healthy payrolls. In all our years we have worked out of donated vehicles and use gifted tools. Donations are used to buy materials and supplies for the projects that we take on. Recently we bought over $200.00 for wood siding and for replacing wood rot for a couple who were cited by the county. The man is invalid and while the women is a nurse it takes all their income to pay for his care. With all the mandates given to keep a home operational sometimes it is the structure and the nuts and bolts of the home that goes without maintenance.

With the excessive heat we have had, cost of utilities has increased as well as the cost of all goods and services. To that point we have paid some utilities, bought groceries, replaced a hot water heater and did yard work. Recently we have tried to expand our service area to include another county. We now serve Wyandotte County & Sedgwick County in Kansas. Although we still try to help on the Missouri side of the Kansas City Metro the greatest good is done in Kansas. As an aside we have pointed out over the course of many success stories that it is the folks that have the least that proportionately give the most. If every multi-millionaire would sacrifice the cost of one adult beverage per week and send it to us, we stop every leak in everyone’s homes in both counties for years. That being said the cost of water is not only going through the roof, but it is getting scarce in Kansas as well as other parts of the country. In fact, on average a faucet dripping 10 drops a minute will waste a gallon of water a day. 120 drips will waste up to 11 gallons a day. Take that across 100 homes and it is easy to see how our services can help not only help our clients, but our communities’ resources. You make the difference and little issues like these is what we as charities, working in the trenches, bring to the table. Savings of money and resources. Each of you that are reading this post can honestly say you are struggling yourself, but the old adage of “I desperately needed shoes until I met a man with no feet”.

American’s salary is the second highest in the world only slightly less than Luxembourg where the average salary is approximately $78,000.00 per year. At the other end of the ranking is Mexico with annual average salaries of $16,685.00. You now know why any struggling family from Mexico would risk coming to America to work. Data suggests that even the illegals give a positive income to outgo while they are here. So, do we service “Dreamers” who are here illegally and have been for years? We don’t ask. Income status and homeownership is all we need to approve them. If the family falls below the poverty level established by The US department of Health & Human Services and own their home, they qualify for all the services we can offer. In our part of the world, we are the closest country to give Mexicans a better future. We are glad the US can give them sanctuary as the law allows. We are glad to help the families who sponsor these folks. Tax deductions for donations to charities may one day go away, but for now your donation will reduce your tax burden and save resources. Our wish is for all who live in this world to have their basic needs met and anyone living on the street is there because they want to be. At some point I hope HPLA will do more and go further out into the world, but for now we will do all we can for Kansas.

I VOTED

/ HPLACharities.org / Leave a comment

The most important election in recent history is here and now in 2024

Voting –What’s in it for me?

As the election of new representatives for every part of the country draws closer to its final day the question in my mind is why do I care? Better yet, why should I care? An old joke was I only listen to my favorite radio station WIFM. The acronym stands for what’s in it for me. Well, what is in it for me? What is the most often used response for this question?

It your duty!

With the 2024 election just weeks away it is important to know the answer. The 2020 election had 155 million votes forever changing the course of our nation. The 2024 election, however, may have the greatest impact of any election in our 248 year history. It will once again decide Americans way of life.  It may be the future of health care, immigration reform, economic policy, women’s’ health, social programs, foreign aid or global warming. Social programs are a big factor to be considered, no doubt.

For the sake of argument there will be two sides to these topics. One considered the conservative view and the other the liberal view. The idea that there is a third view is not seen very well if indeed there is another view, but the moderates and independents are to be respected among either side.

In the House of Representatives, there are 220 Republicans (plus 2 Delegates and the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico), 212 Democrats (plus 3 Delegates), and 3 vacant seats. The Senate has 49 Republicans, 47 Democrats, and 4 Independents, who all caucus with the Democrats. Additionally,

• The average age of Members of the House at the beginning of the 118th Congress was 57.9 years; of Senators, 64.0 years.

• The overwhelming majority, 96%, of Members of Congress have a college education.

• The dominant professions of Members are public service/politics, business, and law.

• Most Members identify as Christians, and the collective majority of these affiliate with a Protestant denomination. Roman Catholics account for the largest single religious denomination, and numerous other affiliations are represented, including Jewish, Latter-day Saints, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Greek and Russian Orthodox, Pentecostal Christian, Unitarian Universalist, and Adventist.

• The average length of service for Representatives at the beginning of the 118th Congress was 8.5 years (4.3 House terms); for Senators, 11.2 years (1.9 Senate terms).

• One hundred fifty-four women serve in the 118th Congress: 129 in the House, including 3 Delegates and the Resident Commissioner, and 25 in the Senate.

• There are 59 African American Members of the House and 4 in the Senate. This House number includes 2 Delegates.

• There are 62 Hispanic or Latino Members serving: 56 in the House, including 2 Delegates and the Resident Commissioner, and 6 in the Senate.

• There are 22 Members (17 Representatives, 3 Delegates, and 2 Senators) who are Asian Americans or Pacific Islander Americans.

• Five Native Americans (American Indians or Alaska Natives) serve in the 118th Congress (4 in the House, 1 in the Senate)

Then there are the local offices which hit real close to home and which great care should be taken to choose. Anyone who is registered and allowed to vote should know whom to vote for and where to cast your vote. It is your duty, but let’s be honest; it’s about what is in it for you. Wichita, Kansas became one of the first municipalities in the United States to adopt a commission-manager form of government. Currently there are six commissioners that serve four year terms and one Mayor (at-large).

 It is understood that taxes, fees, fines etc. finance the City of Wichita and all the departments necessary to serve the population. It is the leadership that approves the expenses and oversees the revenue. Wichita, Kansas is in Sedgwick County which has its own revenue stream and expenses. So to the question, what’s in it for me, the biggest concern is how much to support  all these city and county services going to cost  me/you?  There is where voting becomes vital to us. I want to elect leaders who represent my interest, leaders that will make laws for my better welfare. So to that point there is a huge divide.Where can we agree to spend the money that will help me and you? The bare minimum of services is not enough, but what else do we need that the largest percentage of the population will agree. I look at a theory drafted by a fellow named Abraham Maslow, who breaks down the general populations needs anywhere in the world.  In a 1943 paper he wrote titled “A Theory of Human Motivation” and published in the “Journal of Psychological Review” {50(4),370-96} Abraham Maslow extended an idea to include his observation of humans’ innate curiosity.  It was later put into a pyramid or triangle with the base entitled physiological needs and seven other layers to suggest a person’s goals or desires. Best described as a hierarchy of needs and broken into a dichotomy of, individualized and the prioritization, of needs. The very basic of all needs in Maslow’s theory was named physiological and followed by safety at level two. The thought being that one could not reach the next level without having every need fulfilled in the first. So, to reach level three an individual would have to have physiological security and feel totally safe. The third level being “belonging and love”. For now I will stay with the thought of level one to three.

What is being physiologically secure? For a body to survive one needs air, food, water, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc. Physiological needs. Second and just as important is Safety. One might start with protection from the elements, security, order, law, stability and the freedom from fear. Other areas might include employment, healthcare. The third level of the triangle is Love and belonging. Included are the need for friendship, intimacy, family and a sense of connection.

Without any help from anyone the story of the caveman might come to mind, but I dare say no one would want to go back to living the way, as it is theorized, the way those folks lived. Bringing us further into our reality I would not like to live like those who left the eastern part of the country to go west. The rewards were great for some, but disastrous for most. (I recently visited the Sierra Nevada Mountains and read the story of the Donner Party. To survive they resorted to cannibalism, but ultimately all died. They could not maintain the basic level of physiological needs). The elements were too hard to overcome.

Let’s look at life of your grandparents or great grandparents who most likely relied on an Agrarian lifestyle of living. That is a life of living off the land. Laws helped them acquire a piece of property and have full control of buying and selling anything they wanted. They sustained their physiological needs by hard work and a little help from some Politician who wrote a law that assured their self-sufficiency with laws to keep their cattle from being stolen or from claim jumpers steeling their land. These Politicians were their friends, neighbors, family etc. They had a single purpose in mind and that was freedom and the ability to survive any legal way.  As folks did things that were questionable these elected officials created laws against what was not right for the community. In time establishing a law enforcement department to be sure the laws were followed and hardworking, honest people safe. This is not a history lesson, but instead a reminder that our elected officials are no longer friends or family of the majority and may not have our best interest at heart, but instead motivated by their own goals to reach the highest level of Maslow’s hierarchy using you as their stepping stone.  The morals and mores have changed dramatically and the standards are all over the board. In order to bring this all to some sort of order a base line has to be reestablished to meet today’s way of thinking.

  1. Every basic physiological need must be covered (Food, water, clean, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc. Currently we are on the verge of a drought and water rationing has started. Our elected officials decided that for the better welfare of the community and to insure everyone’s physiological needs are met, rationing was necessary. And penalties put in place to punish those who do not follow the law. This is a good group of politicians.
  2. For safety a budget, is in place that assures the police and sheriff’s departments have adequate budgets to protect the public. There are approximately 6,000 law enforcement officers in Sedgwick County.  There is an argument that this number is not enough to maintain order. This is a good group of politicians trying to pass laws to help with our safety.

The list of physiological and safety needs required to keep us alive is long and very expensive to maintain. The cost of living continues to rise and cost of doing business is where it starts. This is where the road gets a little slippery and the hard decisions come into play. Where can we cut back to compensate for the increasing cost of services? What are we willing to lose or risk for keeping more of our hard-earned money for ourselves and it not go to supply the needs of the county? It is social programs, right? There in begins the rub and the disagreements. Which politician is going to follow your lead to create a budget that balances everyone’s basic needs fairly? How do you voice your ideas and your suggestions to those in power? You vote for the folks that are running for office that feel the same way you feel and are there to take your lead to the rest of your neighbors. You vote so that what you believe is fair and just and necessary is considered. Then it’s the majority rules, right? Who has the greatest opportunity to get to the voting booth, probably those that don’t care about you or your priorities. People that have much more than they need and are willing to sacrifice services that impact the lower classes instead of what affects them.  The only voice the lower classes may have, is the right to vote. Get to know who your representatives are and what they stand for and then VOTE! The cost of your survival may lay in your vote.

(We are fighting to help those in need and those who are hurting through no fault of their own).

Serving Kansas City and Wichita, Kansas We are:

www,hplacharities.org/donate

What is the best for America in 2024-2028

/ HPLACharities.org / Leave a comment

Be a light to the world

Jesus’ words are practical and concise, and their truth rings out clearly, even centuries later. He was truly a master wordsmith. In his references to the ten commandments his message was that the spirit of the law is broader than the letter of the law and that includes our thought towards others. When asked which was the greatest commandment he said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and all your mind.” “This is the first and greatest commandment.” “The second is like it, Love your neighbor as thy self.”

That is a tall order, but for the sake of conversation and looking at the political climate of today; if I have 12 neighbors it is very likely that close to half will not think like I do. Coming from where I come from the count will be even worse. Coming together and doing things we can agree on may be our saving grace today. Loving our neighbors, next door and on our streets is crucial.

HPLA is a charity dedicated to helping low-income homeowners with minor home repairs. Let that sink in a minute and ask the obvious question, why low-income homeowners? Answer: because you have to start somewhere, and you have to do something. Over the course of eight plus years in business one of the biggest tragedies I have found is folks having repair problems without any means or resources to fix them. There are hundreds of ideas to remedy that problem. What is yours? I had one idea and acted on it. You can act on yours, if you want. If you want to be a light in the world. Start with contributing to an idea for good. I founded HPLA. In doing Handyman work I found that fixing one toilet would save the cost of filling a hotel swimming pool with fresh water in a week. (Standard motel/hotel pool is 30,000 gallons approximately but varies). So, we started fixing leaky toilets for free because folks could not afford a plumber. That led to faucets, indoor and out, which led to bathroom remodels due to the damage of leaks etc. After replacing floors and walls and entire water systems (we just recently replaced a hot water heater) it was important we do more. Taking care of those expenses does not catch up the waste and the cost of the waste of water month after month. Soooo, HPLA started helping with water bills. (FYI-the water companies have little sympathy for you wasting water due to your systems failure.) Helping our neighbors has caused us to rewrite our mission statement and increase what we are able to do to help. We have done this with a half dozen faithful donors who send money every month and with those who have given large & small one-time donations. Our volunteers are unbelievable people. Out of every dollar donated HPLA takes nothing. All donations go to help our clients and as necessary to licensed professionals who work at a discount for us, but not for free. Oh, yes, we have had a special contractor or two help us at no charge. Roofers, plumbers, HVAC and electricians. But all our work is now to help our neighbors and not for profit. We have paid out over two thousand dollars for utility bills alone.

HPLA Charities has recently received an award from PayPal’s newly established “Giving Fund” with was used immediately to repair wood rot for an invalid man whose wife was working almost day and night to care for him. (Homes must be kept in good repair, or the county will ticket you as a homeowner and give so many days to clear the citation.) Their shed was in shambles as was wood rot and paint on the home. HPLA was able to pick up the material cost for this job & a man ‘Jorge’ with his son did the repairs over the course of a couple of weeks. In a second project HPLA bought the hot water heater and it was replaced by Pegasus Construction at no cost. WOW! That link to the PayPal “Giving Fund” site can be found on our donation page on our web site. https://habitacionesparalatinos.org/donate/

HPLA Charities aka Habitaciones Para Latinos Assocation is working on two fronts and including all cultures. Now in Wichita, Ks and in Kansas City, Kansas where it originated. We will do all we can to be a light to the community as our county, state and country try’s to be a light to the world. We must keep our non-profit organizations, like HPLA, strong as they are working hard to bring our country together by insuring no one loses their home or their dignity. Hopefully it will fix our division with each other. Please give. God Bless