WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM

1. The election apparatus is primarily in the hands of hereditary or moneyed elites and their enablers, narrow special interests and corrupt entities. Rarely do the policies of these special interests have "the common good" in mind.

2. The division of polar opposites for unconstrained vision (liberals) versus constrained vision (conservatives) enables radicals to dominate much of the debate. Currently, two good examples of this are the previous "do nothing" and the current Congress where "loyal opposition" and bi-partisan efforts have all but disappeared.

3. A major part of the press, which has been given a special oversight role in **our culture, has become an unlabeled propaganda machine which, in destructive measure, fails to serve the special place reserved for them in the creation of our country. They have become part of the problem not a part of the solution. They swarm like flies to corruption - after the fact, and mouth inanities to fill airtime. As a fourth "branch" of government they have become complicit in the failure of the two-party system.

4. Capture of a major part of the political establishment by oil interests has many pernicious effects. Two of them are:

a. Oil dependence makes our international relations appear to be guided by narrow policies of self-interest instead of our traditional role of opposition to aggression and tyranny. This oil dependence debases our internal and external debate. It divides us while attempting to face down a proved psychopathic tyrant.

b. Continued dependence on oil delays our pursuit and adoption of less polluting energy sources and forces us into other deleterious international policies and puts in conflict with nations which would normally wish us well

5. Health care is a shambles and no workable plan can be designed in the current confrontational system of special interests

6. Social Security is on a downhill slope to disaster and no workable plan to salvage it can be designed in the current confrontational system.

7. The tort lawyers are uncontrolled special interests who are destroying care for the aged, and businesses across the spectrum. They are an uncontrolled tax upon all of us, which the current do-nothing special interest politicians cannot address.

8. The jobless situation is critical, and is destroying families, fortunes and hope. Congress recent "stimulus" plan is loaded with earmarks and short on "back to work" application.

9. Vast blocks of voters have lost interest in voting in the current system, making democracy a sham.

10. "The drug war" is a travesty that fills our jails with innocents, dupes and the ignorant while funding and creating criminals and terrorists while destabilizing Mexico and Afghanistan. Both parties are complicit.

 

 

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