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Then why have a Congress? Why have a government? It seems your view is that we were better off living in caves to fend for ourselves. Contrarily, I think that government has the capability of making life better. The fact that the GOP doesn't believe in governing is a problem of its own.
Let's remember that this is the entire point of conservativism: to destroy the government and leave the peons like us helpless and vulnerable to robber baron bankers, health- and environment-destroying manufacturers, and the rest of the plutocracy.
Think of the billions to be made when there are no controls over money, building, manufacturing, wages, living conditions and the environment.
If you look at the number of laws each chamber has passed it hasn't changed much from previous Congresses. What has changed is the split Congress, where instead of the President obstructing legislation it's the Senate. It has much the same effect, but it shows up as a huge hole in the statistics. It's been more than a generation since we've seen a Democratic President and Senate coupled with a Republican House, so the result as pointed out by the OP should come as no surprise.
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Leave it to a liberal to judge the productivity of congress by how many new laws they pass.
It's about quality, not quantity - what kind of laws you pass is much more important than just the number. There is a truckload of legislation that needs to be passed to restore freedom to America and get the government on a sound fiscal footing; a lot of the legislation would be repeals of existing law and a rewrite of the tax code, which would shrink the total volume of law. Also, just to use a liberal example, a Republican Congress in 1999 passed hundreds of laws, but Social Security and Medicare were just two laws that had more of an impact than those hundreds combined.
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And they reelected Barrack Obama, clearly most people don't know a damn thing.
If the change in approval rating is any indication, if the election was being held now he would be crushed.
This is wonderful. A "do nothing" Congress is a wonderful thing. Almost every new law either raises taxes or reduces freedom so I rejoice when we have a "do nothing" congress.
Thank you Tea Party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The House rejected a 10% cut in corporate tax. Why do you think the Corporations are telling the TP to take a hike?
I think we have enough laws already, and the Democrats did enough damage in 2009-10 that we are still trying to recover, esp. Obamacare. I'd like to see congress be productive and repeal some laws and cancel some govt. programs. Right now the houses are divided. When the philosophical chasm is a wide as it is, not many laws will be passed.
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