I feel like the GOP is controlled opposition at this point. It's just a WCW match made to distract us while the real decisions get made behind closed doors. There are a few honest ones left like Gaetz, Hawley, and MTG but we are way too late to turn things around at this point and as we approach 35 trillion in debt and waltz from one disastrous intervention to the next that the rest of the world is starting to realize that our military is just as useless as our money.
That's been my opinion since the 90s. What I observed is the majority party uses its votes to pass things the minority doesn't like, and the minority decries to th public how horribly the majority party is screwing up the country.
Then, when the majority changes hands, it's the same game -- only the players are reversed.
Their obvious plan was to keep the voters off balance by using the treasury to buy votes. One party (D) promises to give more of the wealth to the poor through tax credits, new deductions and public assistance programs while "taxing the rich." The other party (R) buys votes by cutting taxes, increasing wealth for the middle and upper classes, and spending more on defense / less on entitlements.
I think the iInternet changed a lot of that by making it harder to control the news. Now, it's a divisive game of keeping both sides at each other throats instead of focusing on the politicians as much. It's a more tribal landscape now, or what I've been calling the "America's Got Talent" mindset. Viewers voting for their favorites on the show didn't necessarily vote for the person they thought was most talented, but rather for the person they decided "deserved" to win for whatever emotional reason -- sexiness, heartbreaking backstory, LGBT status, etc. No matter how well the other contestants performed, or how poorly their did that week, they refused to abandon "Team Whoever-They-Like."
Pure tribalism.
That's one reason we can't get term limits for Congress passed. The same people sit in office for 2, 3, 4 or more decades in government. And these people somehow keep getting elected -- some promising "change."
Biden is 81. He's been in government since 1973. My calculator tells me he's been in government for 51 years -- or 47 if you subtract Trump's 4 years. Still, that's a 51 year career with a 4 year vacation.
The age at which one can retire and receive full Social Security benefits is 70.
Joe's well past his "Best By:" date.
