What is the core disease?
The disease is a moral one.
It is our corporate departure from God, before anything else.
Our national creed begins with the acknowledgment of the One Who created us. Its heart is the self-evident truth that our rights to life, liberty and private property come from Him, not from any man, and that those rights are therefore unalienable. It ends with the assertion that the protection of those rights is the primary purpose for the very existence of human government, and that just government can only exist through the consent of the governmed.
Reverence for God and respect for the life and liberty of those that He made in His image form the foundation stones of our liberty. Without that foundation liberty cannot and will not stand. Guaranteed.
Political parties themselves create group think and lead our elected officials away from their constituent’s demands. The “Party” mentality corrupts good intentions after the election is over. The party system as it is today is the root of the problem. The “Tea Party” could act as a “supra-party” that influences debate directly and through pressure of support rather than towing a party line usurped by elites long ago.