So, Congress has agreed to raise the debt ceiling. Did any red-blooded American really doubt that they would? Really? I didn't. It's clear that Congress, as a whole, is virtually spineless. It has been clear for a very long time. So, although my aggravation for the current debacle knows no boundaries, I will blog about the real problem. Everything else is just the fallout.
The real problem is the United States' political system. The real problem is the political parties known as the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. This is the greatest threat facing the world's undisputed and premier superpower in our time and our children's time in the near future. If something isn't done to change America's political system, and I'm not talking about just a little tweak; I'm talking about fundamentally, radically, and completely eradicating the current system and starting with something else, I fear something far worse than 2008-Present is brewing. Literally...because of the current political system, our representatives, our president, the leadership of this country.
To start with, I would suggest things like: congressional term limits for both houses of Congress, making lobbying to Congress illegal in any and every form except a formal speech in the chambers during a session before all congresspeople, make campaign contributions illegal from every source except a red-blooded American with a social security number and that to a limit of $1,000, give absolutely anyone running for president a seat at the presidential debates regardless of party affiliation or coffer size, I could go on I guess, but you see where I'm going.
Even these suggestions aren't radically transforming the political system yet, but they may start to. The toxic dump that is Washington D.C. and the Republican and Democratic party are just that, toxic to the welfare of all Americans. Why we Americans keep voting them into positions of leadership when they clearly are not capable is mysterious, at best.
