By USN Columnist Morgan Philpot / Mar 30, 2020

-The nations of the world can be brought to ruin faster than most have thought possible.

-Utah should prepare itself and empower its people for the natural/political and economic realities of a post-Covid future.

-Prepared, organized and empowered local communities are best suited for weathering hard-times and rendering charity and aid.

-Utah should focus on encouraging and properly incentivizing local agriculture; including strong community based gardening, orchards, farmers’ markets and animal and bee-keeping.

-Utah should focus on building up small businesses and increasing its local manufacturing, production and distribution capabilities of life’s necessities including building and paper products, medical supplies, medicines, etc.

-Partisan politics is a societal-crutch and an antiquated concept.

-Political participation and decision making should be non-partisan and localized. We need to prepare and participate in our local communities; neighbor to neighbor – not by some arbitrary notion of political party. Localized preparation and participation will allow us to be better prepared to serve our families and neighbors and also to act on a more national and global scale.

-Families and local communities are most capable of lending immediate assistance and aid during emergencies.

-Religion plays an important and critical role in society.

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