The MSM and the Dems don’t like divided government unless a Rep is in the WH. They would prefer the one party rule we had for Obama’s first two years. No compromises are needed.
tah.....except in 1833, US Senators were chosen by the several State Legislatures, and both the Republican and Democrat parties were much different and less powerful than they are today.
The 17th Amendment changed all of that, effectively dealt the States completely out of the Federal Government that was designed to include the States interests as part of the “Checks and Balances” built into the original constitution. Now the US Senate answers exclusively to the Political parties and ignores not only the State’s interests but the interest of the people as well.
If we removed 90% of the money from Senatorial political reelection campaigns, just imagine what the private sector could do with it. If we limited the amount US Representatives could spend on campaigns, the Private sector would benefit immediately again.
We can not and should not continue to pay Congress Critters $170,000 (and up) per year, plus benefits and millions in retirement benefits. If we returned the Congress to the control of Citizens Legislators, that would be Politics as it was meant to be.....
The left hates the truth. The truth is ‘as government expands, business contracts’.
We want prosperity for all. They want socialism for everyone but themselves.
Uhhhhhhh....is Selena saying what I think she's saying?
"Politics as it should be" can only be resolved byyyyyyyyy.....
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I revise my question: Selena, if "compromise" and "politics as it should be" is so all-fired wonderful, why didn't The Missouri Compromise and The Compromise of 1850 solve the issue of slavery?
By Lincoln's own admission, he was okay with continuing slavery in The U.S. if it kept The Union intact.
What we have are professional politicians who entered politics often straight from college (studying law or political science) as a career to get fame, fortune, and obtain power. They are only dedicated to those goals, not to the principle of serving their countryman as our forefathers' planned.
Our forefathers foresaw elections that offered representatives who were capable of providing the benefit of their hard earned experience in business, law, economics, international dealings, even health and education. It never was it intended that our country would be ruled by people who are so inexperienced and unaware as today's crop in Congress. That is why the recent debt crisis evolved, and why the members in Congress found it so difficult to come to some agreement that actually helped the country.
We are being led by people who, for the most part, make decisions based on ideals and theories they learned as sophomores in college. They have never tested the theories, they have never adjusted their ideals to address actual situations like a businessman faces. That is the trouble with the system working exactly as it was designed. The system is good, it is the parts (players) that are defective.