No argument there, Strings... Yes, what good is a movie without the bad guys and the good guys... Seems that the Repubs have ridden BB's above noted bumper sticker philosohy, "More taxes", just about as far as that horse will go but rather than see that things have and are changin' they continue saddling that plug up over and over... Sure, it resonates with the folks who have the most to lose but with so much of the wealth having been extracted from the working class by Boss Hog & Co. that ol' horse is lookin' longer and longer in the tooth every election cycle...

But back to dysfunction... Yeah, the system is a serious conditiion because 90% of federally elected officials and almost as large a percentage of state assembly people are elected in "safe districts" meaning that these folks don't have to be all that concerned with compromise... Quite the contrary as the more poarized they are the better their chances of being re-elected??? Kinda a mess that has no easy answers becasue the only folks who can fix it are the people who stand to lose something (their jobs) if they do so???

B~