The Real Problem

Politics itself has nothing wrong with it. With no people involved, on paper, it is a way to get a better life to a large amount of people, a way to make decisions without involving millions or billions of individuals, a way, in theory, to create a harmonious life. However, it is when people, with their stone-cold beliefs, engage in politics that it becomes corrupt, confusing, unhelpful, and harmful.

In our own state of WI, the problem isn't that people disagree. Disagreement happens everyday in large and small ways. It's the fact that two groups disagree and refuse to look at the issue from any viewpoint other than their own. The people believe so whole heartedly that they are correct, that it becomes impossible to even consider the fact that the other side might have any type of valid point. I've heard everything from "Fire the freeloaders!" to "Rich people hate working America" and both statements are equally ridiculous. One co-worker said, "I guess I just hate rich people." Well I guess your argument is pretty invalid as you obviously are set in one viewpoint so much that you will disregard an entire population of people because of their financial situation...(apparently she forgot our boss, an active democrat, is a self-made millionaire.)

The problem is that we separate both sides so strictly that we are like two teams competing instead of two sides balancing each other out. We simply don't work to find a compromise anymore. We all have an agenda and we don't feel like we have justice until our idea of what is right succeeds. And frankly, many see the other side as wrong, ignorant or even evil.

I just don't see that as the case. We have had good and bad times with both major parties leading the way. We have had corruption, fraud and lies throughout the political spectrum. We can't alienate each through generalizations or else we will always be enemies. Politics are necessary but separating them down a "Left and Right" line is ridiculous. Not all rich people hate the poor, not all democrats are socialists. The left and right is a creation by people so that we can associate ourselves with people who share similar ideals, not so that we can separate the nation into the people "with us" and the people "against us."

We will always have disagreements and will never be completely happy with everything our elected officials do, but to separate and generalize people into groups will never help in creating better lives for Americans as a whole.