LET’S ALL DO OUR PART…
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Patricia Duff has spent most of her professional career
in politics, working as a consultant in Washington D.C. for two of the top political strategy firms, and in New York and Los Angeles as a political organizer and as an activist.
Duff spearheads The Common Good, a non-profit, non-partisan network that encourages political participation and increased understanding of critical national issues across party lines. The group meets regularly with national leaders and experts on headline topics…
PATRICIA DUFF 
I think what would be an interesting dialogue to find common ground between left and right would be to express where both sides believe someone should be helped by others, and where they should not be helped by others. Then, once that is established, for the left to discuss their concerns why they feel that contributing such help privately will be ineffective, and then for the right to express their concerns why they feel contributing such help publicly will be ineffective. Then each side responds to the other side’s concerns in writing, to try to address the concern (what safeguards would you put in to alleviate the concern?) Then, the first side reacts to the the response and says why the response is good or inadequate, and the other side listens and tries to make corrections. In this way, each side is working to alleviate the other side’s worries of their position, rather than just tell them their worries are unfounded.
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