You (as president) cannot bring bipartisanship to Congress or to Washington if the seated members of Congress are completely unwilling to engage in it. And they are unwilling to do so. They are simply playing their usual destructive political games...as the "divide and conquer" $ySStem rolls merrily on its way.

Everyone's hidden taxes increase yearly as the great inflation machine run by the banks rolls on and real money declines in value. All politicians lie about what is happening with that (except for the odd maverick like Dennis Kucinich).