Musician and computer whiz Donnie Jenkins often gives me insights into important things, and when I had lunch with him recently, he said, “The problem with America these days is disconnection.”
“How true,” I thought, as I reflected on the state of everything from politics to Christmas. Our politicians have disconnected from the average American and are tuned in to their rich contributors. Those rich contributors have not connected their welfare to the common good. They actually feel no connection to the thought that a growing economy raises all boats, including theirs.
Our politicians have no connection today to the word “bipartisan.” It is an alien word to them. If they do not have enough votes in their party to get a bill passed that will solve a national problem and give them and their party all the credit, they let the problem get worse and place all the blame on the other party. That’s why so many problems have become intolerable and unmanageable. Nobody seems fully connected to the welfare of the majority of our people.
Any politician who does not deeply connect with the idea that his every decision is to do what brings the most good to the most people is a curse.
We are all floating around in a swamp of indecision, and no leader seems capable of inspiring the people to take hold of the situation and act for the common good.