A More Perfect Union

Public communication in the US in recent years has been a little tense. You hear it everywhere. "The Republicans are stuffy..." or "The Democrats have a plan destined to fail...." and thus a number of Americans, regardless of their political beliefs, seem to be fed up with the bickering. As am I.

Bickering doesn't solve issues. It irritates them. It festers and wounds more fully. I understand that for adequate change to occur in this country, parties have to be kept in check. Policies are never perfect. Americans have to keep questioning the man. I would cry if we stopped sticking it to the man. If you are the man, then that's what you get, naturally. 

However, we should not deduce our communication to passive aggressive Twitter posts and eye rolling. I get that we are fed up and that nothing seems solved definitely and that promised tax rebates may not happen this year, but my goodness, let's vie for something instead of nothing. 

I feel very privileged to be living in this country. I have a voice. I have a heart. I have a good church and job and home, and I can't foresee any of that being taken away immediately by money being cut a little short. 

Maybe if some money is taken away from Americans we'll look a little more to our neighbors. Or better yet, maybe we'll BE the neighbors people need. 

How about we don't get to bicker and complain if we don't do anything for our neighbor. 

The moment you start doing is the moment you get a voice. 

Disclaimer: I understand this post presents a very idealized perspective...utopian almost...and I don't expect news sources to tone down sensationalism or the average American to change in a day, but maybe we don't have to be such a pain to get a more perfect Union.