Compromise

Having friends over for dinner tonight so need to get busy with the bread maker and baking Michael's sugar cream pie.  Guess that's me compromising, as it certainly wouldn't be my choice of dessert.  Of course, a healthier fruit compote will also be offered.

I  have been thinking. Can you just imagine what we could, as a nation, have accomplished with all that money that was spent on the political campaigns? Here's my idea. Everyone who wants to contribute to a political campaign would just say,"I'm giving this million dollars or what ever to this cause, such as cancer research, in the name of (fill in the blank) to show my support for both."

Can't you just imagine the benefit to society that would do? You would get to support your candidate while finding a cure for some disease or other. So, of course this is just wishful thinking.  It would never happen.  People would rather discredit their opponent's character or throw their money at who they think represents their ideal of how the country should be run.  and what do they have to show for it when all is said and done? Oh, I know, a tax deduction.

Hey, maybe if they could get a double tax deduction, not only for contributing their name to the candidate, but to the good cause.  Maybe that would make the system change. Okay, I'm only dreaming.  But it does give pause to think about all that money wasted.

Now I need to go put my mind to better use by figuring out how to work that new bread machine and and baking that (shiver) pie,  Just the thought of all that sugar, cream and butter makes me cringe. What one doesn't do in the name of compromise.  Hey, if I can do that then maybe there is hope for our congress.