Government Change is needed

I feel like our government officials are completely ineffective. Both main parties only seem to care about beating the other party no matter what the cost. Government officials and public people on each side have zero respect for each other based on the party they belong to.

In my mind if your objective is just to prove the other side wrong I feel like I don't want to listen. I have always voted across party lines and find truths on both sides. I have been wrong but I have always tried to follow a path that feels like it is for the greater good of the most. As soon as the language turns to be about how stupid, ignorant, thoughtless, evil the other side is in a broad stroke applied to all those that identify as being part of that party....I stop listening.

I want to hear how the folks we trust to run our country and represent our greater good are planning on doing that. I can see what is or is not happening. I dont need a run down of those items I want to hear how the candidates will make things better.

It is not just the candidates it is also the public. Maybe social media helps propagate the problem but everyone seems to have heir feelings and opinions and if you disagree you are evil, stupid and not worth the time to have a productive conversation.  I would like to be able to have a civil conversation and dialog to learn other people's thoughts, truths and opinions to see if there are things in my thinking that could and should change but if my comments and questions are met with name calling and defaming criticism I shut down and don't want to even try. 

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