Indigo-Daisy

What would you say if the leader of your country based his economic decisions on Gross National Happiness versus of Gross Domestic Product?

That is what King Jigme Singye Wangchuck the King of Bhuton (a small country near the Himalayan Mountains) did in 1976 over concerns of a weakening economy. He based decisions on the needs of his people as well as Buddhist spiritual values versus the need for power and political might.

The King also gave up absolute power in 1998 in order to transform his country to its own independence.

I can’t help but wonder how better off my own country would be if the Bush Administration would have taken the time to address the needs of his citizens and focused on health care, education, and basic fundamental needs versus pushing the country into an endless war over weapons of mass destruction that never existed.