For some time I have known that in elections the political candidate with the most money wins about 95% of the time. But now I see that ‘follow the money’ explains a lot of phenomena that sometime do not make sense. For examples: The money in mental health is in community care and not in acute care for people in crisis. Thus, there are numerous treatment centers for people who accept their illness and have some type of insurance. However, people suffering a mental health crisis often land in jail.

St. Vincent de Paul serves the poor, people in need, in impoverished neighborhoods. White suburban people who make up the leadership decided to invest millions of dollars in a suburban thrift store with the goal of making money to give to people making home visits.

For many years prisons were built all over the State of Wisconsin, many in small towns where the prison became the major industry. A reduction of crime in cities like Milwaukee threaten this prison industry. Police started patrolling the central city looking for people to ticket or arrest. Often they found people on probation and patrol who can be sent back to prison, even without a conviction of another crime. The many prisons are full and the money from prisons keeps flowing.

When Big Business wants to make more money they merge, lay off employees and improve the bottom line. When there is a need in community, like tutoring, non-profits compete to get the money to fill the need. There are more non-profits with more employees doing the same thing. Their money increases and the portion that goes direct to people in need decreases.

You do not need to be a prophet to ‘follow the money’. We can find other examples of how in the USA you can ‘follow the money’ and discover the end results. God Bless America and ‘Follow the Money’.

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