Our gerrymandered, corrupted primary election system allows a minority of partisan
ideologues to "pack" the House of Representatives with elected reps
who are beholden to them.
In this clearly written analysis, George Friedman of Stratfor.com
argues that "safely" elected congresspersons are the fundamental
cause of the hateful congressional gridlock and doctrinaire obstructionism
which has led to the current shutdown of American government.
Take a few minutes to read it through. You won't be glad you did, but
you'll be a bit better informed….
Why do we keep re-electing the people who won't do The People's business?
"The Roots of the Government Shutdown" is republished with
permission of STRATFOR.
Let's see if I understand the current situation....We can't afford the debt we have so we need to incur more debt to pay the debt we can't afford. I would say that could be a good example of insanity and the Dems. say the tea parties are wacko because they want this to stop?
ReplyDeleteSome folks endlessly forget that the debt limit has to be raised to pay for spending that Congress ALREADY APPROVED. Most of the members of Congress have voted endlessly to approve spending that exceeds income. We can't undo past spending. Let's reasonably reduce future spending.
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