Your Political Views are a Minority

"Great thoughts come from the heart." - Marquis de Vaunargues

If you are in the Resistance, you are in a minority.

If you are a Trump diehard, you are in a minority.

IF you are a traditional pro-labor Democrat, you are in a minority.

If you are traditional pro-business Republican, you are in a minority.

If you are a progressive Bernie Sanders Democrat, you are in a minority.

If you are a 3^rd party or Independent, you are in a minority.

No matter your religion, you are in a minority.

My views are minority.

Americans are not uniform. We came from different states or countries. Our families are different, our foods are different, and our looks are different. Don’t think there is a typical American. No surprise our opinions are different.

The wide variety of thought is one of our strengths. Not being uniform, we can a lot of ways to solve problems or make improvements. America was built on experimenting and choosing what works. Why would anyone have a monopoly on good ideas?

My hope is in the number of close races across the country. Almost all candidates got less than 60%. Some winners will not get 50%. Gerrymandering voting districts are being voted out and stopped by judicial decisions. Close elections encourage people to vote for candidate who can get work done.

  

There are things most of us agree on, even if we don’t know how to solve them yet:

Health care and medicines cost too much.

Social Security and Medicare need cost reductions and more funding.

More jobs and a good economy pay for our services

The nation’s infrastructure needs maintenance, replacements and improvement.

The military needs updating and replacing used systems after years of war.

The government should not be going $1 Trillion further in debt per year in a healthy economy.

Remember everyone loves their children. We have more in common than differences. Be grateful for the differences.

Thank you for voting

"We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts.  We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.  We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent.  We must dare to think about 'unthinkable things' because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless." - James William Fulbright