Iceweasel
Diamond Member
And yet you NEVER hear of liberals complaining about unions funneling money into Democrat coffers. Go figure!One of me favorite shows: "Adam Ruins Everything" has an election special out now. I recommend that everyone watch it. He is fairly evenly critical of both candidates and parties.
If you don't wish to, here is the spoiler: according to the show, the most important problem in American Politics is polarization. No one on either side can talk to the other side.
I know that I am very polarized, that I will only rarely discuss issues with the left. I have my reasons and I have expressed them elsewhere. No real need for me to repeat it.
At the end of the show, Adam requested that we all try to find common ground with the other side that we can agree on and possibly make progress with.
I'm skeptical. Not just because it's hard to get the left to cooperate, but because you and I, the average citizen, can no longer effect change. I seriously doubt that even if everyone on this board all agreed that the debt was a major problem, for example, and even if we agreed on a plan of action, we could not get that solution in place.
That said, I'm willing to try an experiment. I already know a few issues that I agree with the left on. They are:
1. Evolution is the best explanation of how life came to be as it is on this planet.
2. The government should stay out of marriage completely. Anyone should be able to get married to anyone else as long as that person consents and is of the legal age of consent.
There are a few things that I think that I can come to terms with the left on:
1. That our debt is one of the most important issues we face.
2. That lying by our politicians should not be tolerated.
3. The influence of money in our politics is harmful.
It isn't much but it's a start. Anyone want to try to reach accross? See if it's possible.
There are things I can agree with, on the right. I think schools need to be brought back to more local levels as opposed to federal. I think the left has a tendancy to go overboard in their anti-Christian scrubbing of public places. I see no reason not to acknowledge that our country's main heritage is Judeo-Christian and enjoy Christmas pagents, songs, nativities etc as expressions of that heritage instead of insisting it be secularized or removed. Same with certain aspects of public prayer like before games.
I think both the right and left agree on the influence of money in politics being harmful - at least I agree with that.
Money in politics is a big one, and I agree that there needs to be reform. Many in the left complain about corporate money and we on the right counter with union money. Would you agree to getting rid of both?
Absolutely.
Citizen's United opened the door to both.
My feeling is that if you can't be sent to prison because you are not an actual person, then you shouldn't be able to contribute money to politics.