by Stacey Wells ’15

When students first start kindergarten, the first thing they learn how to do is compromise. For example, if you wanted to paint but your friend wanted to play with action figures, you would compromise and end up doing some of both. It is expected that one carries this skill all the way through adulthood. However, the most powerful people in our country cannot do this one simple thing. Congressmen have been arguing and debating forever about the fiscal cliff. If they cannot compromise soon, then our country will go over the fiscal cliff, which would mean drastic tax increases and spending cuts. They would send the United States back into a recession. Congress needs to take a lesson from kindergarteners and learn how to compromise … and fast.

*Wells is currently enrolled in Journalism.