What do smoke signals, wax tablets, and the telegraph all have in common?  They were all tools used for communication.  Some of these tools were more sophisticated than others, but all of them served the same purpose.  They allowed people to communicate with each other. Maybe in a few thousand years, our way of communicating will become obsolete.  But there's no denying the importance of the cell phone, the computer, and the postal service in our society today.

Where does our drinking water come from?  Some people get theirs from water systems maintained by cities and towns.  Other people get theirs from their own wells. However, much of your drinking water, whether people get it from a city water system or from a home well, comes from the ground.

If you became seriously ill and needed to be hospitalized for several weeks, would you be able to afford to pay thousands of dollars for proper medical care?  Unfortunately, many Americans have already found out that they cannot.  Therefore, the federal government must provide national health insurance for all of its citizens.