Our political system really is ridiculous. People have made every issue so black or white and extreme (eg. Republicans WILL CUT ALL YOUR TAXES!!! while Democrats WILL RAISE ALL YOUR TAXES!!!) when none of these issues are that cut and dry. People just blindly vote their elected officials into office based on whatever misguided information they have, whatever they were raised to vote for, etc., while the actual elected officials spend so much time arguing for or against policies
just to be in opposition of the other party. Both sides are supposed to find common ground.
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Originally posted by KB.
Bipartisanship is the most stupid, impractical thing ever. Especially, when people rush out and vote for president and then ignore mid-term elections and allow the Congress to be overtaken by the opposing party, but hey... America, the beautiful.
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George Washington himself warned against a two party system
And yeah, it's sad how people don't realize the importance of always voting, not just for the president every 4 years.