Sometimes, as a matter of fact, most of the time, when I listen to our politicians and experts in televised, think-tank discussions concerning many of our nations problems, it seems to me that the problems are never reduced to their lowest terms. They talk little about the problem itself, but rather each offers some little stop-gap measure to fix this or that consequence of the problem. Sometimes it seems a contest to one-up one of the others sitting at the table by placing importance on a different consequence than the last participant to speak, or maybe they feel they have succeeded in uttering some wisdom that may have dazzled the entire group as well as those who may be viewing. Sometimes I am impressed.
Now, I have always assumed that all these folks were more intelligent than I, and I suppose that I may continue that assumption, but, sometimes, as I listen, I get the feeling that they just don’t fully understand the gravity of what they are discussing. It seems to weigh heavier on me. They never seem to get to the bottom of things. I find myself saying, “You are not talking about the problem. You’re talking, at best, about the obvious symptoms.”
Now, I used to think it was always easier to point out a problem than it was to fix it. Sadly, I’ve have been mistaken. Too frequently I now see our leaders and brilliant thinkers who cannot see beneath the symptoms, or are willing to ignore the problem and try only to figure a way to live with the consequences. There is only one way to prevent inevitable consequences; Acknowledge and understand the problem itself and fix IT.
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