Politics & Current Affairs — November 12, 2010

Can Patriotism Avert Bankruptcy?

It will take a revived patriotism to motivate Americans to do what needs to be done. ...How can you love your country if you hate the other half of it?

bigthinkeditor

You can’t organize a movement…around pain — around tax increases and spending cuts. But you can organize one around a broad revitalization agenda, and, above all, love of country. It will take a revived patriotism to motivate Americans to do what needs to be done. It will take a revived patriotism to lift people out of their partisan cliques. How can you love your country if you hate the other half of it? It will take a revived patriotism to get people to look beyond their short-term financial interest to see the long-term national threat. Do you really love your tax deduction more than America’s future greatness?

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