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(46,116 posts)It's the people IN the government who refuse to do their constitutional duties due to corruption.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,441 posts)for corrupted or derelict individuals within government.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)this scenario.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...organized primarily for the benefit of wealthy white men who despised taxes.
Oh, wait...
Exotica
(1,461 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The problem right now is two branches are kissing the ass of the third one.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Cha
(297,264 posts)fox fake "news" for suckers. Which one big reason why we have so many in congress with zero integrity.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)1. The Republican-controlled Congress isn't fulfilling its responsibilities -- this is huge because they're 1/3 of our checks and balances. And some of the press is just a propaganda arm. I think the Democrats in Congress could be quite a bit louder too.
2. The Founders operated on 18th Century time. We operate in a much faster -- MUCH FASTER -- an much more complex environment, so the harm can be spread exponentially.
3. ..... ?? I think there's a 3rd thing I have been contemplating but I'm not remembering it at the moment.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Conservatives have done a good job since Nixon at packing the Courts with reactionaries. They are focused on that, we are not.
meadowlander
(4,395 posts)or too stupid or aren't paying attention.
Trump's approval ratings would be in the teens if we had an intelligent, well educated and well informed electorate and if his approval ratings were sinking the Republicans in Congress would be lining up against him.
Duppers
(28,123 posts)Fox News should be branded as a subversive organization and be band.
BigmanPigman
(51,603 posts)They live for $$$$$ and power....traitors to their dying breath.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Vote him out and use the justice system to go after him and everyone helping him. I think thats not only fair but the right way to do it.
Now if the Republicans still have the majority after the midterm elections well have something to really worry about.
I know it seems too slow, but we would have to be as crooked as he is to do otherwise.
fierywoman
(7,684 posts)murielm99
(30,741 posts)even if we work hard. This is going to be an uphill battle.
kentuck
(111,098 posts)Eventually, they turn to tribalism.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)We let Congress neuter itself, stack the courts with Big Money's agents, and simply refuse to do its job when it pleases them. We let them rubber-stamp the wish lists of this president's handlers. We let them pimp themselves out to the highest bidders, whom they repay with tax cuts and deregulation.