Silos
5-1-12 WOSO Commentary
Politically speaking, there are three forces in Puerto Rico
that create the silo effect whereby there is little or no dialogue in terms of
working together towards the common good.
The first are the political parties themselves who look
fully within to satisfy the core base and reject any dialogue with those
outside their party, In fact, should a leader meet and dialogue with the
opposition as Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi recently did with the
Governor that core political party group gangs up on the politician to argue
that this weakens their party and strengthens the opposition.
The second related force are those radio and television programs
that cater to specific political groups so that the listeners are only
interested in hearing their side of the story on why they are right and the
other side is wrong.
The third force are the lobbying silo groups with
substantial funding and voting clout.
Incidentally, the US suffers from these same three forces
that create and maintain the silos impeding dialogue that would result in
common sense, middle ground positions that everyone can live with and that
allow us to go forward.
This is Jorge Gonzalez hoping you avoid the silos.
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