putting on the tool belt

"If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."

When you hire a handyman to do work, you assume he has a toolbox or a tool belt full of different tools to use in order to fix different problems.  In fact, you probably shouldn't hire one unless they have both the tools and the abilities to use them.  So, why does the established society feel like we can only solve every problem from one point of view or with one "tool?"
When the country faces economic decisions why is it always a "my way always works" mentality?  Is cutting taxes always the solution?  Is raising taxes always the solution?  What about increasing or decreasing federal aid, subsidies, assistance, funding, spending........  One set of ideals can't possibly be the right answer all of the time.  Same goes for almost all political decisions.  No one side has the market cornered.  Every party, major and minor, has flaws and view points that are inconsistent.
If you have every been a coach or a teacher, you know that every day and every kid is different.  Some you can yell at and some you have to talk to.  Some respond to extra laps and some could care less.  The faster you realize the best way to communicate with each student, the better educator or coach you are.
One of the great things about my generation is our ability to take the best of several points of view in order to form our own.  Of course, this puts those views under attack from previous generations who believes you have to accept one point of view with all its strengths and weaknesses.  The whole, "I'm a Catholic" or "I'm a Republican" or "I'm a ........" whatever else you feel you need to be.  It isn't a weakness to say that you can see positives in other points of view.  What is so wrong with people being able to take the best of everything?  I wouldn't hire a plumber that only installs one size of pipe, "I'm a 2 and 3/4 man, that's the only size pipe I use" or a painter that only uses one brush "I'm a 3 inch flat bristle man, no rollers or paint sprayers no matter how big a job."  So why should I try and see everything in life through 1 or 2 narrow lenses?  Why not put on a tool belt and fill it with all the great ideas that all sides have to offer.  That makes the most sense to me.

Thanks for the read.