Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Somehow it's our fault?
Policy gridlock has characterized Congress for the better part of the last five years, some would say even longer. Some blame Congress for not trying to find common ground, but apparently they're not the problem, we are. Read the linked article here and tell me what you think below in the comments section.
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I totally agree with this article because we , as American citizens,have the right to vote who we want and don't want in office to represent our own opinions. So if the people making the decisions in government positions, we only have ourselves to blame. Also, not voting and getting your opinion heard another reason why us, as American citizens, are to blame. The United States' participation in elections is very poor, which is almost the same concept of us voting the people in office, except we are preventing the people into going into office, instead of the people we really want in office.
I agree with Jack, the turnout for voters has decreased over the years and it's a serious problem if we don't want a certain person in office. It's the citizens job to participate in voting for the candidate, especially if we want our voice to be heard and have a say on the decisions that go on (if you and your candidate has the same views this can be a positive).
I agree with both Jack and Pauline. The author of this article is correct to a certain extent. We as American citizens have allowed our political system to be structured this way. We've made it so that basically only two parties will ever make it to the final election, a lot of citizens won't even take the time to consider the viewpoints of other political parties. So to say that its completely Congress' fault is wrong because we've allowed our politics to be structured this way for so long.
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