I am 69. I served in the military, I serve the community in various ways, I serve in my choice of religious institutions, I serve my family, I serve my customers, I serve, you.
I am so sick of national politicians who win elections by tearing down the U.S. “We are going to fundamentally change this country. The first time in my life I have been proud of my country. Those people are dummies, can’t negotiate well. Wall Street are a bunch of crooks. What difference does it make now, anyway.” First prize to the first person who correctly identifies who said what. And the people that don’t tear down the country, or their opponent, are not elected to highest offices.
Joe Rosenberg wrote an editorial in the WSJ a while ago, talking about the collective economy he experienced first hand, Israel, or through friends, relatives or through people he met, Europe, Russia, China. All stole liberty from people, liberty to pursue happiness as they see fit. Capitalism has raised billions of people out of poverty, not government controlled economics.
He says, “Bernie Sanders and I are poster children for what poor Jew from Brooklyn or Germany can accomplish… Please stop tearing down the country that has been so good to both of us” (and millions of others-my comment).
Benjamin Franklin famously said to a person outside of the hall where our constitution was just barely passed. “You have a republic, now let’s see if you can keep it.” To keep we all have to serve one another, not take from one another. We have to love one another enough to compromise. Please.