One
thing that should make everybody feel positive about America is the
fact that a great conversation is going on about what things are
proper functions of government. Part of this conversation is
conducted shabbily in political campaigns and Party line votes. But
some of it, some of it
is being conducted honorably by people dedicated to America’s
future.
Should
Americans take action as a group to help prevent food insecurity and
hunger? Should we ensure that everybody has adequate health care?
Should we require that educators maintain a nationwide standard of
performance? And should we ensure educational equality through
support programs? Should we act together as conservators of our
environment and our planet? How should we divide the billions of
dollars we spend on tax breaks? Should the things banks do be
subject to the common good? Should adequate money be provided by
Congress so that the agencies they fund, like the Vets Admin and IRS
can effectively do their jobs? Should we be guarding against rules
that disenfranchise voters and produce discrimination? Should we do
something about college costs? These issues, and many more are part
of our great conversation. And our founders offered some insight:
“We
the People of the United States in Order to form
a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and
secure the blessings of Liberty
to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.”
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