BobInglis

Your words here mean a great deal to me as do these: yes, I forgive you. I'd love to talk with you about where we can go from here; how our country can heal, how we can bring folks together to solve really big challenges. Will you send me an email via the "Contact Us" tab on the republicEn.org website? It would be awesome if this Reddit AMA could lead to something as powerful as two people being reconciled, peace being restored and way forward being found that could bring others along. Many, many thanks, Bob

Oh, no, we've had many moving toward acceptance. I just don't want to out anyone before they're ready to out themselves. They're out there. They're trying to figure a way forward. We need to show them support so that they can feel comfortable leading.

Great response below from oh_synap. I'd add this: at republicEn.org we're not for raising taxes either. We're for changing what we tax. Reduce taxes on income (something we want more of) and put a tax on emissions (something we want less of). Check out what Art Laffer, Ronald Reagan's economics advisor, says here: https://vimeo.com/44472885

Life advice: Be about something that's big enough to be about.

We're going to need to do some adaptation at the SC coast where I grew up, that's for sure. Charleston is having trouble at high tide.

At republicEn.org we're working more on heading it off--the mitigation end. With folks like Lindsey Graham working to find free enterprise solutions, I think we can pull it off. Consider the pace of technological innovation when there's a proper profit motive. When I first ran for Congress in 1992 there was no Reddit. There was no public Internet. There were cell phones but they cost $1 per minute to use them. Wow, exciting things happen when free enterprise gets the proper incentives.