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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (553282)3/5/2010 11:14:24 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1574482
 
One side abuses filibusters and then the other uses reconciliation to overcome it. I feel like our gov't is becoming a place of game playing instead of a place where Americans come together for the good of the country.

Political games have always been played. Perhaps its harder to pass things now, partially because congress is more open (secret back room deals got attacked as corrupt, but they got legislation passed) and partially because congress has more of a partisan divide than it did post WWII. Not more than it did at many other times, that WWII to maybe the 60s period, was one of the less divided times in our political history (There where divisive issues, but they didn't always split across party lines, and the visions of what was right for the country where probably close outside of these divisive issues). Of course that doesn't mean more good is getting done, perhaps both sides are sharing the same poor ideas.

Which gets us to the "coming together for the good of the country" idea. Passing more things, or passing them quicker, isn't necessarily very good for the country. Arguably making new legislation harder would be better. Not total permanent gridlock, some things do need to get passed, but adding a new entitlement in particular should be VERY hard, and ideally should only be done with a near consensus of opinion behind it.
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