A Radical Idea?

There is a nasty debate raging in Washington, D.C. concerning the US debt ceiling and the need to reduce the deficit by cutting programs or raising taxes.

 

Of course, there is a huge split between the parties and they both seem content with holding their ground and allowing our country to go into default.

 

How did we get here?

 

Well, if you listen to the right, it's all President Obama's fault and if you listen to the left, George Bush is still responsible for everything bad that is happening.  If you didn't know better, you would think both Obama and Bush were terribly evil men.

 

I know, why don't we make a constitutional amendment that requires all sitting Senators and Congressmen to perform 1,000 acts of kindness throughout the year?

 

Maybe, they just might learn to treat each other with some dignity and respect and restore some civility in their negotiations and get on with solving some of our country's serious problems.

 

 

Now that would be radical idea and a lesson we could share with our students!

 

"Any 20 year old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year old who isn't conservative doesn't have a brain."  Unknown

 

This blog post is a part of The Ultimate Black Belt Test (ultimateblackbelttest.com), an undertaking ofThe 100 (the100.us), and a part of Samurai Karate Studio (samuraikaratestudio.net)