Newt Gingrich's Advice Summarized - Better Instead of More

Newt Gingrich is a real political pro...and a Republican to the depths of his soul. But he is also a wise person - when he wants to be - and as he grows older, his wisdom seems to expand. Gingrich was interviewed by Newsmax this week and when asked what words of wisdom he has for the Republican Party moving forward, Gingrich gave some advice that applies to Republicans and Democrats and political parties and governments all over the world. Here's what Newt said : “Focus on a better American future. Forget inside-the-party fighting. Forget being anti-Obama. Figure out what is it we can do as a nation to create jobs, what can we do to have better healthcare, what can we do to have better education? How can we get America moving again? If we’re the party trying to help the American people, we will be much better off than if we’re just the anti-Obama party.” Dear readers, in the past five years - yes, the economic crisis has dragged on for five years now - we have heard blame for the worldwide mess placed on 'greedy' banks and bankers, stupid home mortgage regulations, the overheated Chinese economy, President Bush, the Iraq war, and the Eurozone's one-size-fits-all currency regulations. But, I think Newt Gingrich has found the motherlode for curing the world's illness. If we eliminate 'America' and 'Republicans' and substitute 'world' and 'government', see how well his advice fits everyone. -- "Focus on a better future for the world's people. Forget inside-the-party fighting. Forget being anti-the-other-party(ies). Figure out what is it we can do as a nation and a world to create jobs, what can we do to have better healthcare, what can we do to have better education? How can we get the nation and world moving again? If we’re the party trying to help people, we will be much better off than if we’re just the anti-the-other-side party.” Of course, to do this - to think universally about a univeresal set of difficult circumstances and try to put together a coordinated worldwide effort to overcome our common disease would require real leadership from statesmen and women, not just petty political party leaders who are trying to win the next election, no matter how much damage they cause in their search for partisan victory. And governments - often led by faceless bureaucrats whose goal is to perpetuate their own departments and functions and jobs by growing them - need to be mature enough to put their citizens above their own aggrandisement. And citizens, those who have the great privilege of being able to use the ballot box, should put aside the siren songs of 'vote-for-me-and-my-party-and-we-will-give-you-even-more' candidates and vote for realism in what governments can afford to do. It does no good to vote for fat promises and later protest the cost in taxes of the goodies bought with selfish votes. Newt Gingrich is right. The curse of the modern political world is that people want More - not Better. They just don't want to - and increasingly cannot - pay for More. But together we could create Better for everyone.