Posted on Oct 1, 2015
Political Parties in Dead Lock - How do we break the cycle?
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With threats of Government Shutdown looming on the horizon, and the constant bashing of policy makers on both sides of the isle, it appears that both of the major political parties are only interested in one thing: Defeating everything that the other side supports, simply because "they" support it, regardless of whether "we" agree with it or not. Why have we allowed it to become so rigidly defined as "Us vs. Them?" Worse yet, why have we allowed ourselves as every day citizens to become so sure of one side or the other, that we "sell out" our own well being to simply push the agenda of one party vs the other, over the good of the people? During many of these discussions, I see people talk about our founding fathers (though not as much on RallyPoint, but the jist is sometimes the same) and how they would roll over in their graves at all kinds of issues from taxes-gun control-planned parenthood-Hilary's emails-**Insert Scandal of the day here...**, but the most important breakdown I see is that isn't much compromise anymore. Both sides are guilty of it, and both sides blame the other as the "real problem." In order to ratify the constitution, our Founding Fathers had to actually compromise to author the greatest document ever written. The one that WE ALL swore an oath to defend, and many have spilled blood for throughout our history. Neither side got everything they wanted through the forging of that document, and both sides, realized that for the greater good, both would have to sacrifice. I'm alarmed by the almost complete polarization that we face today, and how much it has spilled over into mainstream America.
So my questions are:
1. If everybody is busy shouting down "the other side," Who is listening and learning anything that will benefit us?
2. How do we expect anything to ever REALLY get accomplished?
3. How do we fix this mess before it's too late?
So my questions are:
1. If everybody is busy shouting down "the other side," Who is listening and learning anything that will benefit us?
2. How do we expect anything to ever REALLY get accomplished?
3. How do we fix this mess before it's too late?
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A simple start is term limits for congress, getting rid of lobbyist contact with congress and minimizing the awesome automatic pension plans for elected officials in congress.
The bottom line is that our legislative branch of Gov't is our biggest problem.
The bottom line is that our legislative branch of Gov't is our biggest problem.
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Maj William Gambrell
SSgt Dustin Coy - And if I had my personal preference, I would put a clause in the constitution that states no lawyers allowed in Congress :) It was much better back in the day when the large portion of congress was retired military.
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SSG Gerhard S.
So long as we live in a country of regulations, instead of in a country of laws, we will have the lobbyist problem. It is the regulation scam that perpetuates lobbying.
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SSG Gerhard S.
Maj William Gambrell , I like term limits... If like to see terms limited to "one term in a row". No retirement, no retiree health care, no seniority, and if a serving member wants to run for a different office, they have to resign their current office. We shouldn't have to pay politicians to run for office.
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How about we outlaw all political parties and have the candidates actually vote by what their constituents have shown to believe instead of by the party?
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SSgt Dustin Coy
Agree. I think the constituents have become somewhat of an after thought, and congress is becoming further and further disconnected from the people whom they are supposed to represent, as the parties have locked themselves into a struggle for power.
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To be honest, I think both sides suck and both act like a bunch of babies.
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