[Moneyguy1]

I am beginning to think that, as one ages, the tendency is to see there are alternative points of view. When I was a young adult, my world was rather limited geographically and philosophically. It is only with the passing years that I have been subjected to individuals of every possible stripe, politically, ethnically, religiously and others. It is in actually listening to these individuals and attempting to understand what motivates them that has changed me from totally conservative to somewhere in the middle. Just a hypothesis, but those with the strongest views, left or right, seem to have limited life experience. Let me explain. Length of life is not the key. One place I worked, an engineer said "I have 30 years experience!" His boss told me later.."He has 5 years experience, 6 times over". The more insulated, the narrower the point of view. In my case, I can no longer follow a narrow ideological belief without questioning and seeing there are flaws in both major parties and the way they approach problems.