Today, many folks struggle with the idea of being a proud American while realizing that we still have work to do. This is caused by the media and talking heads that say if you support police, you support racism. If you support free trade, you are against the American worker. If you are against unions, you are for corporations. All of this 'if you...you are...' is the kind of mindset and attitude that prevents us from moving forward in society.
I would be the majority of Americans in their heart, if not on social media, believe in the following:
1. We should help those in need, but help them to get on their feet, not survive on their knees.
2. We are a pro-life country where those that are born and unborn are showed compassion and valued. Whether we want to turn that into legislation or keep it as a social cause is the difference.
3. Families are the center point of society.
4. We must restructure our education system but that does not mean we are indicting teachers. We believe that we must expect more out of this institution so they expect more out of themselves and our students.
5. Education leads to economic freedom. However, education just does not mean an Ivy League or northeastern/west coast education. We have enough people from those places trying to run society. Instead we need to educate people to have hard skills and think freely. That may occur in a community college in a rural area, a trade school, a night class, high school or many other methods. However we need education.
I am sure the list could continue for a while, and it will continue in future posts. We should acknowledge and yes, exploit, our similarities and focus on resolving our true differences.
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