Wisdom Wins the Day when it is Considered on its Own Merits

   If you want to politicize your government system, one of the best things to do is to have comprehensive bills. Never take an idea and let it stand on its own, alone as a bill, unattached to something else.
  That would mean voting on a proposal on its merits alone. If the bill were wise, you would be inclined to vote for it. It is better -- if we are to preserve our messed-up system of government -- to throw all kinds of proposals into one bill, forcing them to all be considered at once and making it so some ideas that are not so good can slip in and with those that are good.
   Oh, and praise the system. Speak of how it requires give and take, and of how that is a good thing. Speak highly of the spirit of compromise. Surely, people can see compromise is needed, and is a wise and wonderful a thing.
   I, for one, am not so sure. It seems the spirit of compromise is not always the spirit of truth. If you have a measure that is good, and you mix it with a measure that isn't good, the result is an uneven measure. The result isn't always the true measure of what should be done.
   I must give you an example: Immigration. Most would agree separating children from the parents is not a good idea. If a Congress member were allowed to submit a bill on this matter, alone, and not forced to run the bill through committees before it presenting it for a vote, the bill would pass. Who would dare oppose it?  Leaving children with their parents is the right thing to do and if you simplify the matter to that question, alone, who will oppose it? Not so much politics here. It is simply a matter of what is right and wrong and everyone votes on it on that basis along. Wisdom is served, the problem is solved, and we are on to the next question.
   Better, I guess, to insert politics, to let Democrats insert their agenda and Republicans to insert theirs. This is a political process, so why would we ever try to take politics out of it?
   Well, there are times for give-and-take. There are times when you must accept something you don't want to get something you do want. But, that practice does not need to be the rule. Why have a system that requires it as a practice?
   Wisdom wins the day when it is considered on its own merits, when all other matters are shaved away, and not allowed to obscure what needs to be done. If we are to have a wise system of government, we will hold to this practice whenever we can.