What has happened to the US Government? It seems like Congress is doing little, either party, preferring to squabble internally, or not allowing compromise. Sometimes both. The consequence is that the President makes regulations and takes other executive actions. Both parties here. The courts have become the legislature, assuming the job of interpreting the law in some preferred fashion – and their “legal” arguments are increasingly weak and partisan*. I believe this era of polarized politics is the root cause of the dysfunction. I believe some persons or some organizations are at the switch, keeping this state of conflict at high tension. For some of these, the goal is the reshaping of America toward some uncertain model. For others, there seems to be a harkening to return to the traditional certainty and comfort of a remembered past. The central issue these days is Obamacare. It seems no one likes it much, at least those paying the full freight of premiums. But whi
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