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The biggest fallacy in politics is that we need another Reagan or more Tea Partiers in Congress if we want to save the country. Granted, either would certainly help, but Americas structural problems are much bigger than any personnel issues we have in D.C. Even if youre an extremely talented craftsman, youre going to have trouble building a house if the only materials youre allowed to work with are sand and straw. It wouldnt matter if Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant were all on the same basketball team if they were only allowed to put three players on the court at a time. If youre trying to build the worlds largest farm in the middle of the Sahara Desert, it probably isnt going to matter if you have state of the art equipment. We have the ability to fix every problem thats confronting us as a nation, but until we stop making cosmetic changes and start addressing the underlying, intractable issues that are ruining the country, were unlikely to make a lot of progress. 1) Insufficient Turnover In Congress: Because of gerrymandering, political polarization, and a lack of term limits, Congress has turned into a stagnant pond. In most states and districts, that notorious Third World dictum (One man, one vote, one time) has become the rule. Unless a politician upsets his own sides interest groups or gets caught up in a major scandal, an election to Congress is likely to last until a politician is ready to retire to a beach somewhere. Career politicians produce bad outcomes for the country. Members of Congress make draconian laws because they dont expect to have to live under them as citizens. Additionally, politicians who view being members of Congress as their jobs are likely to feel very comfortable selling out the country to special interest groups because they contribute to their campaigns and it benefits them personally. As a practical matter, weve gotten to the point where theres not much difference between most members of Congress and nobles from 500 years ago who ruled because of their family names and given that, its no surprise that many of them rule just as poorly..................
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:16:25 +0000

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