For the most part, people share common goals. Most of us want poor
people to enjoy higher standards of living, greater traffic
safety, more
world peace, greater racial harmony, cleaner air and water, and less
crime. Despite the fact that people have common goals, we often see them
grouped into contentious factions, fighting tooth and nail to promote
polar opposite government policies in the name of achieving a commonly
held goal. The conflict is centered around the means to achieve goals
rather than the goals themselves. The policies that become law often
have the unintended consequence of sabotaging the achievement of the
stated goal. ... MORE
