America has reached a critical turning point in its history. We are spending an inordinate amount of time attempting to prove and enforce any given party’s ideology. Is everyone right all the time? Of course not. Is everyone wrong all the time? Some would say, Yes, but if you grant the premise that no one is always right, you must also grant, no one is wrong all the time. While this very partisan debate rages, nothing gets accomplished. No resolution to immigration policy, homelessness or a growing deficit. You get the picture.
This moral equivalent of the catch-22 started in the ‘90s. It has gotten worse and to the point where our government has augured down into the mire and gets little, or nothing done. This needs to change quickly or we will cease to exist in our current state as a republic.
What needs to occur is the radical right and left need to temper their leanings and reach out across the proverbial aisle and make compromises. Compromise is not only the venue of good government but is how we as humans make it through the day. I strongly encourage readers to write or email their senators and representatives and say, “gee folks, we can do better.” Or at least do. Right now, it is a stalemate with no effective government being conducted.
Kent C. Overly, Draper
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