Douglas Crow recently reported on a slightly overweight 63-year-old man with a bum knee. The man, named Gregory Cox, plans to walk 2,600 miles to promote his plan to end poverty in the United States. I include an excerpt:
[H]e believes each step he takes on his 2,600-mile trek from northern California to Chicago leads to ending poverty in the United States.
Cox wrote and self-published a fictional book called “Schizophrenic Rescue,” which outlines his economic plan.
The sporadically employed, one-time salesman who holds a master’s degree in economics wants 10,000 people on the verge of poverty to save $20 a month for a year. Then they could use that $2.4 million to start an insurance company to insure their cars and houses.
The company also would produce annual checks that would go into a retirement account for the company owners.
As time goes on, other companies would be formed in a similar model in several industries.
To promote the idea and build financial backing, Cox wants Oprah Winfrey to feature him and his book on her television show.
She hasn’t invited him. So Cox will mostly walk from his Northern California home to her Chicago studio, stopping at media outlets along the way to seek publicity.
I haven’t read Cox’s book, but from the above outline of his plan I think it has potential. He has come up with a practical plan that helps poor people help themselves to escape poverty and gain self-sufficiency. Additionally, he has a great idea to promote the plan. I hope he gets on the Oprah Winfrey show.
Regardless of the success of his particular plan and implementation, his perfectly exemplifies what we need. We need original plans. The old ways have not worked! We need to think of innovative methods to use voluntary organization to end hunger and poverty, both in the United States and throughout the world.