Does anyone want to work together to solve actual problems?

While governor of Missouri, Boggs issued Missouri Executive Order 44, a document known in Latter Day Saint history as the "Extermination Order." A response to the escalating threats and violence of what came to be known as the Missouri 1838 Mormon War, this executive order was issued on October 27, 1838 and called for Latter Day Saints (Mormons) to be driven from the state, by dint of their

"...open and avowed defiance of the laws, and of having made war upon the people of this State ... the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description."

The order was rescinded on June 25, 1976, after nearly 138 years, by Missouri Governor Christopher Bond, who declared that the original order violated legal rights established by the U.S. Constitution. In rescinding the order, Bond offered his regrets on behalf of the state

the answer is both yes and no.

yes, with normal citizens you have the exact correct approach. work together, compromise, find a solution that everyone can live with.

no, with congressional representatives. they care about only one thing: their own re-election. so they'll fight partisan fights forever, to be viewed as strong and carrying the party line, hoping to be re-elected until death. they aren't interested in solutions. they are interested in themeselves.

Sounds good, but you should notice that 'noname' (aka 'matthew') says he would, but I does not actually work at all. It is one thing to say you are willing to work together; it is another to really do it.

These days "getting things done" means making things worse...

Apparently not in Washington, no.

i would