Everything fails in the long run. The Great Experiment, at this point, is kind of like an old car that we keep fixing up by installing inferior quality replacement parts. Nobody seems to be manufacturing any George Washingtons or Thomas Jeffersons any more, so we keep hoping that the Chuck Schumers and the Barbara Boxers and the Tom Daschles will do. Unfortunately, I think the replacement parts, while keeping the engine running for a while longer, actually do damage to the engine. One of these days, we're going to get to the point where a whole new engine is required.
You won't get a new enginge from replacement parts! You'll need OEM Jefferson and Madison and Adams and Washington. (Although it appears the Constitution was Made in the U.S.A., some parts came from elsewhere, but OEM, to be sure)