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Publishing both sides
In the last two months I have seen the Opinion page tuned into a ping pong match. One day the Democrats are on the offense and get to serve a fast and furious criticism toward their opponent. Then, Republicans on the other hand scramble to keep the ball from landing between the lines to keep the Democrats from scoring points against them.
As the game goes on, back and forth, my mind wanders and loses track of the score. It seems the score does not really matter as long the game continues. The game becomes more important than the score. The focus is more on, did you see the fast serve that was unstoppable? Did you see the return when it appeared that the ball was about to strike inside the line and was picked up by the player in the last microsecond?
The game of politics is much the same way. It’s all about emotion. Emotion is what motivates us to vote and whom to vote for.
Emotion is is not a good guide for a wise choice. Are you voting to make America better or because you are overwhelmed with emotion and feel that you must vote for the feeling inside you that overrides your common sense?
Important topics that need to be dealt with and get kicked down the road by politicians are: 1) our national debt: $35 trillion — ignored. 2) Migration by nations: ignored. 3) Increase in crime nationwide: ignored. 4) Civil rights violations: ignored. 4) Rising food prices: ignored. 5) Skyrocketing annual property tax: ignored.
No politician has the desire to tackle these problems. Instead they focus on something that seems more important to them like climate change or the need to prepare just in case the moon gets any closer and hits us. How much money do we need to prepare?
We need to focus on today’s real problems, not an unfounded fantasy.
Rafael Madrigal
Pharr
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