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The problem isn’t Taxes, Obama, Health Care Reform, Republicans OR Democrats. The problem is us America, we have some entitlement issues. We have all grown up to trust that: America is the greatest country on earth ™, standing up for what you believe in is your duty, freedom isn’t free and democracy comes with blood. If you fed these ingredients to a baby it would grow up to be an aggressive, blood thirsty ego maniac, much like the talking heads on T.V. In reality, where most of the world lives, conversation and healthy disagreements are what spark conversation and ultimately solutions to problems. The difference is OUR differences; we all want, what we want, but no one is willing to budge. Democrats seem to believe in taking the high road and that fighting back would somehow be counter active, whereas the Republicans realize that no matter how much misinformation they spread or whatever divisive tactics they have to resort to, they will win. The Republicans are right, it’s like the little kid who repeats “I’m not touching you” as loud as he can with an outstretched finger centimeters from his sisters’ face. We get it, you want attention and you’re not going away, this dogged path of weary acceptance works every time. It works every time, unless, there is a stronger figure who turns around and informs in an authoritative manner “Cut it out, or I’m turning this car around and were going home!” When the asylum is run by the patients, nothing gets done except insane things. We have currently become the laughing stock of the world, again, because we REFUSE to hear each other out. White noise will never take the place of conversation and being misinformed will never take the place of true knowledge. You know what, no one wants to pay more taxes, no one is going to kill grandma, but unless we discuss these things with all the chips on the table there can be no positive action. All we are doing by being ego maniacs is driving a wedge between ourselves, our neighbors, our family and friends. We are so self-absorbed and filled with fear that we don’t realize how huge the wedge is becoming. Some people are jokingly hoping for Separatism, yeah, I’m sure that’s how the Birthers movement got started too. We have to realize that these feelings are ok as long as we talk it out, bitch. It doesn’t have to be a love in, but it should be fair, it should be civil and really there doesn’t have to be an outcome other than to agree to disagree. It’s not much, but it’s a start. How can we make any decisions if we can’t do that? Maybe, that’s not the point, maybe no matter what happens we are too far gone for this sort of domestic diplomacy. If that’s the case, we are not the country we think we are, we're diluting ourselves and we might as well give up now. We're not a dysfunctional family, we're a virus that infects the world and is now infecting ourselves, and we're doomed.