Do you hate compromise?
Many people do. An intense disdain for compromise is growing rapidly in our country today.
Thank goodness, members of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 felt differently. So do I.
How can you survive this world without compromise? In marriage, work, church, sports teams, and even among political parties, compromise is a necessity. However, the loud, “my way or the highway” voice is getting louder every day.
Back to 1787. The supporters of the Virginia Plan, the larger states, wanted representation to be based on population. The New Jersey Plan, on the other hand, would allocate the same number of
representatives from each state. The smaller states really liked this plan.
Lo and behold came the Great Compromise of 1787. This compromise, the foundation of our current government, would call for two houses. One, the upper house, would allow representation equally from each state. The lower house would have representatives based on population. A stroke of genius … a compromise.
Tough issues face us today: two wars, terrorist threats, millions unemployed, struggling education, mounting debt, healthcare crises. For our country to move forward, we must be able to sit down and listen to one another. Hear out ideas different than our own. Share our ideas with others. Work together for real solutions. Some call it
compromise, I call it problem solving.
We owe our great success as a nation to the Great Compromise of 1787. This Fourth of July, the best way to honor our founding fathers is to reignite that tradition of compromise. Greatness happens with this hard work.
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(Edited: removed the repeated lines, apologies)