9 / 3 = 3. That is good division. What I am watching on the TV this morning is sinful and evil division. I am not taking sides, but this is what I saw and heard. Last night a tax bill was passed and was sent to the president's desk for signing. A normal thing that has happened millions of times during the life of this country. No Democrats voted for it. It was passed by Republican vote only. Probably based on this, the Republicans held a party last night and this morning, expressing how proud they were of their vote.
This morning, Democrats got on TV and said things like, 10,000 people were going to die because of this bill. Tiny Tim was going to have his crutch taken away and all children would get coal in their stocking this Christmas, because of this bill. In other words, one group is having a party celebrating this bill and the other group is saying that crutches will be taken away from crippled children. That is a division like I have never seen in normal government operation.
Jesus himself said that a house divided against itself cannot stand. The public reaction of the two parties clearly broadcast the message that the house of America cannot stand much more of this. The Democrats are saying that every single republican is a child abuser who abuses crippled children and steals Christmas presents. That is quite a claim and the Republicans have a party celebrating themselves. This level of division is just insane.
I get the fact that in a two party system there needs to be opposition and compromise. In the past Congress would pass bipartisan legislation. People would look at the facts of the bills and determine if it was good for their state and for America as a whole. People would debate and vote on the fiscal and economic results of a bill and not on the fact that it was a Republican or Democratic bill. That is political racism to celebrate or hate something simply based on the party that it came from.
When America’s government was built, it was a republic, not a democracy. We do not operate on the principle of one person one vote, for national decisions. Instead we elect representatives. Everyone’s vote counts in choosing the representatives and our hope is that, while in Washington, they will vote based on what their constituency wants. Not on petty politics of hate and division.
It will be sad if this continues until President Trump’s time in Washington is over. If that is the case, then when a Democrat gets in office, they will experience the same opposition and division that is occurring now. There is no evil party, there is no wrong party, there is no un-American party, there are just representatives of Americans.
One last question. Who really, really, really wants to pay higher taxes?
This morning, Democrats got on TV and said things like, 10,000 people were going to die because of this bill. Tiny Tim was going to have his crutch taken away and all children would get coal in their stocking this Christmas, because of this bill. In other words, one group is having a party celebrating this bill and the other group is saying that crutches will be taken away from crippled children. That is a division like I have never seen in normal government operation. Jesus himself said that a house divided against itself cannot stand. The public reaction of the two parties clearly broadcast the message that the house of America cannot stand much more of this. The Democrats are saying that every single republican is a child abuser who abuses crippled children and steals Christmas presents. That is quite a claim and the Republicans have a party celebrating themselves. This level of division is just insane.
I get the fact that in a two party system there needs to be opposition and compromise. In the past Congress would pass bipartisan legislation. People would look at the facts of the bills and determine if it was good for their state and for America as a whole. People would debate and vote on the fiscal and economic results of a bill and not on the fact that it was a Republican or Democratic bill. That is political racism to celebrate or hate something simply based on the party that it came from.
When America’s government was built, it was a republic, not a democracy. We do not operate on the principle of one person one vote, for national decisions. Instead we elect representatives. Everyone’s vote counts in choosing the representatives and our hope is that, while in Washington, they will vote based on what their constituency wants. Not on petty politics of hate and division.
It will be sad if this continues until President Trump’s time in Washington is over. If that is the case, then when a Democrat gets in office, they will experience the same opposition and division that is occurring now. There is no evil party, there is no wrong party, there is no un-American party, there are just representatives of Americans.
One last question. Who really, really, really wants to pay higher taxes?
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