text: I will begin by saying I live in Canada but what Phyllis has shared applies to Canada as well as the U.S.  One of the key sentences for me is:  "Too many people on the planet are scraping by, depending on other people's garbage."  The inequity in the world is shameful.  I have been blessed to be born in North America where we experience some poverty but not the extreme poverty that Phyllis has documented in this article.  We don't have the "right" to live better than anyone else but we are very privileged to do so.  As a Christian I have a responsibility to do what I can to share what I have been given.  Yes, I have worked hard for what I have but I have been given the opportunity because of where I live.  Others have not had the same opportunity.  Thank you for this article.