THE IDEAL MERGER OF PLANS.

Some people are saying that there will be more spending in President Barack Obama's new plan, on infrastructure and the like. While others are thinking of what the Republican leadership is contemplating; tax cuts or tax breaks and regulatory laws to be rescinded for businesses to have the freedom to operate under normal circumstances.

Let us assume that the president's plan is "Plan A", and that the one, which is being proposed by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner, is "Plan B".

What would stop the two sides from sitting in the same room and butting heads, until an agreement is reached, which will be acceptable to both sides?

Bipartisan approval is what everyone in Washington D.C. wants. Members of Congress are talking about it, each and every single day; but it seems that nobody is actually doing anything to achieve it.

Both plans have the same objective, and that is to create jobs; so, what seems to be the problem, when both sides can decipher the "good" ideas from the "not so good" ones, and approach the problem of getting something that can be considered as appropriate to go through the U.S. Congress. They will be doing everything together, to break the impasse or gridlock that has been holding up a solution to the country's economic crisis.

President Obama and the Labor Unions cannot have everything they want to solve the acute unemployment problem; and the Republicans are not bent on having everything that they are proposing and have any peace of mind at the same time. They have to relent at a certain point, when there is ample reason for them to do so.

"Meeting of the minds" is what runs every organization, be it a company, a social club or even a household family.

Moderate Democrats and Republicans must come together to resolve some of the problems that are holding the nation back.

If both sides decide to pay homage only to party ideology and dogma, then they will be acting like very little children, who have no idea of the principle of cooperation.

As in every dispute, a solution can only be found through the principle of give and take. Otherwise, there will never be a way out of any predicament.

That principle is what lawmakers are presently lacking; and that is, to endeavor to observe from the other person's point of view, and manage to accept it, even if only half way. That is a "two way street" observance that always leads to a compromise in every situation.

Companies, big and small, have not hired in August, and the economy will not go anywhere, if people are not getting hired. Businesses will be making their profits anyway; but how about the person who needs a job to be able to survive? Where does he or she go? What can he or she do?

The government cannot employ all of those who happen to be out of work. It can only take in some of them. Private enterprise or the private sector becomes the only option for the rest of the unemployed to find work; except for those who can become self-employed.

The bickering in Congress must stop, because after all, lawmakers are not enemies; and even if they do not see eye to eye on issues, their aim must be the same; and that is, to find answers to national problems. That is their basic responsibility.

If they refuse to see it any differently, then the stage will be set for deadlocks, gridlocks and whatever one will call all forms of disagreements, throughout the coming years, no matter which party wins the 2012 presidential election.

There must be a demarcation line on Capitol Hill, where the arguments must cease, for common sense to start and to prevail. The two sides have to put their differences aside and come to some form of an agreement. That will be the beginning of an ideal merger of plans.