Issues to Address Together

I for one am tired of hurling insults across the political aisle as though using these as curse words actually explains anything: communist – fascist, socialist – greed monger, far left – far right, liberal – conservative. I have lost all patience with the zero-sum game that refuses to work with those with divergent philosophies and presuppositions. I reject the idea that because we can’t solve everything, we can’t make many things better. I am not doctrinaire about much of anything, even pragmatism. But I do believe that if we start to work together on how to address the real life issues that affect everyone. I believe that insights from competing mindsets can be brought to bear in positive ways on these issues if we care more about helping each other than about winning. You may add to this list of things we could and should work on together.

·         Violence

·         Health care

·         Immigration that is just and humane

·         Climate change and environment

·         Persistent racial injustice

·         Sexual harassment and assault

·         Respect and pay for women and girls

·         Abortion that is not all or nothing but reduction without shame

·         Poverty and homelessness

·         Veterans – health care, housing, suicide

·         Clean energy