Thank You, Sister Mary David Walgenbach!
The New York Times on Sunday, August 21, 2011 asked the question “If I Were President…..to nine citizens and among them, Sister Mary David Walgenbach, Prioress of the Holy Wisdom Monastery of Middleton, Wisconsin who said, “I would invest half of our defense budget in children, young people and in energy conservation….I would expand the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps and grow both for the next ten years.”
Thank you, Sister!
Costa Rica was even more radical. They disbanded the armed forces in 1946. The result was the highest education levels in Mesoamerica within one generation.