When I first started hearing about the tea party, my first thought was that an anger management program could help. As you can see from the links below, I was not alone in that idea.
We all have experienced times where something sets us off and we lash out in the wrong direction. While I try to avoid day to day politics on this blog, I do think this topic should be considered when we look at the barriers to advancement. Why are people so resistant to new ideas such as a single payer health care system or changing the tax structure?
I think it is because change often impacts the folks who once thought they had it made and removes all their old safe assumptions. So if I started out 25 years ago thinking that the paradigm of getting a certain kind of good job, living with some level of mortgage, car payment and credit card debt was the ideal way and now that has all changed, I am angry at where I stand today. Perhaps I even thought I could pick a career and work in that field until retirement. When some of your assumptions don’t pan out, rather than start with a whole new slate, most people opt to at least hang on to what they know of the past. That is why people who most need the safety net of universal health care are at the same time adamantly opposed. I know one thing, if there is any hope that we can solve our issues in a new economy, it is critical that people can change jobs or start their own business without jeopardizing their access to health care.
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