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The 2/19 Gallup poll shows a continuing upward trend in the belief among Americans that government (chiefly leadership) is the most important problem facing America today!
While part of this is related to frustration with the inability of government leaders to compromise and avoid shutdowns, there is a decisive lack of trust in the politicians themselves. Americans on both sides of the aisle are tired of the gridlock and bipartisanship that has replaced any semblance of effective leadership or problem resolution. In short, Government is broken and those elected to fix it, seem self-absorbed with little interest in working together for a better America.
Finger-pointing and fault-finding with the individual R/D leadership only exacerbates the problem and solves nothing. This problem is deeper and bigger than whether one has an R or D beside their name. Somehow, there needs to be a change in the attitudes of politicians elected to serve the country, and the willingness of voters to continue to re-elect self-serving politicians.
We (the people) are losing America and its time-honored values. If Americans cannot rise above petty politics and develop the will to take back our country and government, we certainly cannot expect the politicians to do it for us.
Let's see. A belligerent POTUS who's under siege by an out of control deep state. A weaponized FBI and CIA that is looking to control politicians and God knows what other crimes against humanity who are at the beck and call of the banking cartels, a democrat party who has turned to insanity for an agenda and whose leadership is suffering from senile dementia at best. And finally the GOP who won't grow a spine and only pretends to want to save the country from collapse.
Yeah, I'd say the government is the problem. And the sky is blue and water is wet and snow is cold and fire is hot.
Call me Captain Obvious.
Finger-pointing and fault-finding with the individual R/D leadership only exacerbates the problem and solves nothing. This problem is deeper and bigger than whether one has an R or D beside their name. Somehow, there needs to be a change in the attitudes of politicians elected to serve the country, and the willingness of voters to continue to re-elect self-serving politicians.
Naw, the politicians are just a reflection of the electorate. The problem here is that the people are divided. Just look at the posts in this forum for exhibit #1. There were a couple of polls on whether Dems and Repubs should compromise on the wall, and they were overwhelmingly against that. I think the problem is us.
If government is the problem, what sense does it make to make the government bigger and give it more power
The imperialist, capitalist government is the problem. We need to replace it with a government the serves the people, not special interests. Size is not the issue.
70% of that 35% is happily receiving Socialist Security and Medicare Socialized medicine. But they think they hate socialism.
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