Neither republicans or democrats are the problem, they are symptoms of the problem

@pandagravy Said

Some may say that the GOP is the biggest problem with getting things done in washington. Others may say the same of the Liberals. Neither is true.

A combination of the media, special interest groups, and companies with their own agenda have made it to this point so that everyone sits on one side of the fence or the other. the sides are not only separate, they are at extreme ends of the spectrum on either side. What this accomplishes is a last minute resolution that does nothing except give the two sides more time to argue.

In debates like this where both sides are at extremes, there is no winner. Why? Because both groups are right and wrong at the same time. Each side has it's merits, and the other side will refuse those merits and valid points exist. The only way to ever find a solution is to find an actual middle ground. When I am trying to solve a problem with someone else, our points of view are going to be different. Instead of trying to prove my point is more valid, I look for a place where we can both agree and move on from there. We end up coming up with a solution that we are both happy with, and may even be a better solution than we would have come to individually.

So, what is the solution to the absolute chaos that is politics today? Step one, destroy the party system. All the party system does is convince people that they have to choose sides. Step two- Get rid of allowing candidates to accept campaign contributions, and the money they get from the government for their campaigns needs to be the only money they get for their campaigns. This way politicians will not own anything to anyone but their voters. Third- get rid of lobbyists. There is no reason why it should be perfectly acceptable for a single company or organization to be able to pay someone to bribe a politician. That is absurd. That would be like allowing someone to hire someone to wait outside of courtrooms and pass out bribes to judges. The thoughts of the people shouldn't be drowned out by the money of a corporation.

This would not be a complete solution, but it would be a good start at moving things in the right direction. Other things that could help- Maybe the president should be the winner of the vote, and vice president could be the second place winner. That way everyone is represented in the whitehouse instead of half. Another idea- Make supereme court judges have to be voted in the same way as the other branches of government. There is no reason why someone should get a job handed to them by someone who only represents slightly over half the people, because that takes away the rights of the other half to have a say in it.

Too bad none of it will ever happen. Just going to end up being another civil war eventually, but instead of a divide between north and south it'll be neighbor vs neighbor everywhere. Maybe when the dust settles we can start over as a society.

@pandagravy Said

Ok.... The first amendment does indeed protect freedom of assembly, but that doesn't mean that there should be government funded parties. That isn't freedom of assembly it is a system that twisted the original purpose of the party system and turned it into a self sustaining system of corruption. Of course since both "sides" are corrupt neither side will call out the other one for doing the same thing they themselves are doing. Current politics is 100% a corporate money game and the only to stop it is to eliminate the party system. Like I said though, that will never happen. It will all spiral downhill until there is a revolt and civil war ensues.

In every society in history, when the divide between the rich and the poor becomes great enough, there is a violent and bloody reform. Basically a governmental reset button. Then the next government will come in, eventually become corrupt, lather rinse and repeat.