US Politics

When the founding fathers designed our political system, it was predicated on the fact that our two political parties would always do what they thought was in the best interest of the people...  It was ok with the founding fathers that our two parties would approach that task differently because, they perceived that politicians would always see the need to compromise.

Unfortunately, that is not the case, even though it was the case just a few years ago.

Today's politician is not influenced by the constituents they represent but by the lobbyists that are constantly influencing their decisions and contributing to their campaigns.  Large donors expect that their donations buy them to right to tell the Senator or the Congress person what to do, and when to do it. 

Those kinds of decisions have nothing to do with the general public, except the general public does not really know that it is happening, nor do they think they can do anything about it if they knew.

If you are following what is happening in Congress, you know that a few weeks ago Speaker McCarthy was ousted from the speakership because a small majority did not like the deals, he was making with the Democrats...

The concept is that this is exactly what our founding fathers wanted to have happen.  Make deals with the other party to advance the country.

Now, I am reading that the donations by wealthy republicans to those republicans who kicked McCarthy out, are being withdrawn as a form of retaliation for what they did.  Those funds were to have been used in a re-election campaign and without those funds, there is a good chance these republicans will lose the race.

I understand the concept of payback but this payback is going to result in taking a seat away from a Republican and giving it to a Democrat so the Republicans lose control of the House...

That kind of retaliation is just plain stupid and results in this country not getting ahead because when the Dems take over, they will undo everything that the Republicans put into place.

HOW IS THAT GOOD FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC???