Originally posted by Zero
Unfortunately, we are in a weird place no, in America. Most of us agree in general, but when we hit specific issues we get very polarized. On the one hand, some people demonize welfare, but at the same time they want to also destroy any program that might help people stay off welfare. [/QUOTE}
Actually, I think most americans agree on goals but disagree on the best route to take in achieving them. Many see taxation and government bureaucracy as effective ways to reach these goals. Others see large government bureaucracy as wasteful, intrusive, inefficient and would prefer localized, community and personal responsibity approaches to issues. Then again there are others who see every issue as an opportunity to evoke their own personal agendas upon others. Of course putting all of these people together to resolve issues should be in itself a way to find compromise and moderation and maybe, comparitively speaking it has.