Look Left, Look Right, Step Up by the Gent

Why can’t Congress get it right and compromise? 

The Republican Party wants to be conservative yet wants economic freedom. That is not possible. The human condition is such that if you see a chance to abuse the economic system and get greedy you will. The Republicans want low taxes but a strong military. Today you need billions of dollars to keep up with the military machine. Republicans want to build walls but need immigrants to run their businesses. They believe in equal rights for women but are against women making birthright decisions on their own. Republicans want God around but want him to turn a blind eye when they want, what they want, or are abusing the system.

The Democratic Party wants a larger government yet they want more freedom. With a large government, you get restricted freedoms. They want to raise taxes without controlling their runaway debt. On top of that, they want to add and expand social programs. Democrats want to allow immigrants to cross our borders but have poor programs to assimilate them. They want to cater to single agenda groups but isolate most of the population by doing so. The Democrats are not quite sure there is a God but if there is, hopefully, he or she can print lots more money to spend.

There is one special observation that appears obvious to me. Most of the population living in cities vote for the Democrats. Most of the population living in the suburbs and rural areas vote for the Republicans.

It is obvious, in the city you want more government to control the mass population living in "close quarters" and if you live outside crowded populations you want less interference by the government. It doesn’t seem that complicated. We can still connect most of the dots and have a peaceful country if we work together. As the old saying goes, “One hand should wash the other.”