American Dream

Have we lost the art of compromise?

It appears to me that we have lost our ability to understand the value of compromise, the art of give and take, the concept of win-win scenarios.  Today, we see compromise as associated with weakness and a failure to fight for strongly held beliefs.  This mentality is a breeding ground for partisan polarization and immobilization.  We need to shed the cowboy bravado and negotiate for the common good, in order to address the major problems confronting Americans.

As long as Democrats and Republicans believe that their parties are the sole repositories for solutions to the challenges facing Americans and that their political philosophies must prevail, then Americans will be doomed to be represented by a do nothing government that passes social, economic and political problems to future generations.