I admit, I am probably one of the most conservative artists you will ever meet. And I also admit that there are a billion (maybe not that many) people that know way more about politics than I. BUT I also try to stay in the middle and I really don't think either side is the completely honest and heartwarming group the followers contend. And by the way, I didn't like the bill passed by Wisconsin....that being said The thing I can't stand in this "Budget Bill" situation, and I'm not going to lump dems all in together on this as its not the case across the board, but I've heard a lot of the opposition actually wishing ill will to the people who believe in the bill and to the actual bill itself. First of all, There is NOTHING civilized in wishing ill will to someone just because you believe in different things. There is a group that decided to act on feelings like that ten years ago and destroyed 2,000 lives because of it. So we should altogether stop that part of the whole debate. It casts a shadow on everything we stand for and everything we we're fighting for. It's just a bad way to attempt to get a point across and will gain you NO positive attention...
Secondly, to wish ill will to the actual bill is just stupid. I've talked to a lot of staunch dems that actually want the bill to fail so that they would be proven right. How does this help? I understand
that you don't like the bill, but to wish that it fails is actually wishing that life will get worse for the people you supposedly are trying to stand up for. I didn't like many parts of the bill but I hope it works with absolutely stunning results. Life would be better, debt would be down, economy up.
It wasn't quite the way we were all hoping for, but if it works without all the consequences people are afraid of, the result is what we desired. I guess we were wrong and we should suck it up. Sometimes there are more than one road to a solution. But to hope the bill fails is to hope that life will get worse for the very people the protests were trying to protect. Its irresponsible
and selfish to hope that things would get worse for the purpose of proving yourself right.
Think about it this way. You are a designer and are designing posters for a non-profit that is holding a benefit for hunger relief efforts. There are three other designers also competing for the their design to win the job. The group picks another designer's work over yours. You think your design is better and are disappointed you lost but do you hope that the benefit is a horrible failure that proves the group made the wrong poster choice? Hopefully not. Hopefully, as someone who is actually dedicated to the cause of helping the hungry, you want the benefit to be a wild success that cures hunger despite the personal defeat.
And that's my whole problem. Sure, I didn't want the bill to pass. I wanted them to change parts, make it more fair, and take care of the people we rely on every day a bit more. That said, if it works and life is better for everyone, I'd be the first to say "we were wrong, the plan worked. Good job on getting it passed and creating a bill that accomplished its goals." There's a time to protest, a time to vote, and a time to move on and work to make things as good as they can be. Hoping a bill fails, especially a bill with this much riding on it, is hoping life will get worse, and I don't see anything positive about that.
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