(09-19-2020, 08:40 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(09-19-2020, 08:29 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I'm sorry, but that is laughable. You're asking whatever party is in power to give up that power in the name of what is right? Have you not seen our government in the last 15 years? The only thing they compromise on is budgets and that is just to keep the government running. I'd hardly call that a major compromise. It's doing the bare minimum. In the end, people can demand things all they want, but to the ones in power, it's meaningless. They have no incentive to make such a compromise. Unless this is actually put on a ballot, where the public can make their preferences heard, it would never go through and the people in power will never let it get to that point. The days of true compromise in government are over and it's been over for some time. Yes, they will agree on budgets, so the government can keep operating, but when it comes to the real issues, things will stay the same. The party in power will continue pushing their agendas down American's throats and we as voters will have no choice on election day, but to continue to choose from extreme liberalism and extreme conservatism. Neither side will give an inch.

So what can we do?

That's what I'm trying to tell you. There is nothing we can do. Voters got us into this position. The public elected very divisive figures figures into the office of President like Obama and now a reality star with a narcissistic personality disorder. On top of that, we've kept elected officials in there offices entirely too long with no accountability. The longer they are in, the more corrupt they get. It created the perfect storm. Personally, I feel as though we are well on our way to democracy being toppled in the United States and voters have no one but themselves to blame. All those people out there who voted for candidates based on party without knowing a single thing about them, have ruined what we once had and I fear there is no turning back. When things get really bad though, (trust me, they can get waaaaaaay worse,) the people that got us into this situation will be the ones that complain the loudest.

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(09-20-2020, 12:08 AM)MojoKing Wrote: Well hope you are all ready to fight for a women’s right to do whatever the hell they want with their bodies.

That's no longer in our hands and the ramifications of that could be catastrophic.

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