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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 409189" data-attributes="member: 412">The above is why people of all stripes end up being so very narrowly focused regarding their political views, doesn't matter which side.&nbsp; It basically comes down to:&quot;I'm only going to get maybe 2-3 things I fundamentally support or oppose supported/opposed by XX candidate&quot;.So you get extremely narrow views with both sides drawing a line in the sand unwilling to find any common-ground.I've said it before, but, I believe each congress member should have to explain fully each vote on each bill.&nbsp; Not just the version that passes, but, also their votes and reasoning on each version along the way.&nbsp; Not written by a staffer, but, the congress member themselves.&nbsp; Make them parse out the individual pieces they agree and disagree with and why.What we have right now is:&quot;XX politician voted 284 times WITH the opposing party on YYY important issue.&quot;That might be bad, or, they may have voted AGAINST the final version of a single bill that had 285 votes and the 1st 284 don't have any bearing on daily life going forward.Seems like DC has mostly tried to figure out a way to keep the majority of the US populace as diametrically opposed as possible so they can raid the cookie jar while the people try to argue if it's worse to clean up dog-shit in the grass or empty cat-crap out of a litter box.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 409189, member: 412"] The above is why people of all stripes end up being so very narrowly focused regarding their political views, doesn't matter which side. It basically comes down to: "I'm only going to get maybe 2-3 things I fundamentally support or oppose supported/opposed by XX candidate". So you get extremely narrow views with both sides drawing a line in the sand unwilling to find any common-ground. I've said it before, but, I believe each congress member should have to explain fully each vote on each bill. Not just the version that passes, but, also their votes and reasoning on each version along the way. Not written by a staffer, but, the congress member themselves. Make them parse out the individual pieces they agree and disagree with and why. What we have right now is: "XX politician voted 284 times WITH the opposing party on YYY important issue." That might be bad, or, they may have voted AGAINST the final version of a single bill that had 285 votes and the 1st 284 don't have any bearing on daily life going forward. Seems like DC has mostly tried to figure out a way to keep the majority of the US populace as diametrically opposed as possible so they can raid the cookie jar while the people try to argue if it's worse to clean up dog-shit in the grass or empty cat-crap out of a litter box. [/QUOTE]

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