Government is not a solution to our problem, government IS the problem.

[Kablooie]

Reagan knew what he was talking about,
but he left off the last part:

...when it's run by Republicans.

[secondwind]

1. phew, I thought I was in the Twilight Zone there for a moment! LOL!

[Obamanaut]

2. Are the Rs still outnumbered in the White House and Congress? nt

[Scuba]

3. The reason for the Democrats is so there's no alternative to the Republicans

[4lbs]

10. It doesn't seem to matter if they are simply outnumbered, they have to be greatly outnumbered.

Otherwise, they can still stall and kill legislation, like what happened with the last few pieces that were held up over the past couple of weeks.

Financial reform bill? Stalled.

Lifting the oil company liability cap on eco-disasters like in the Gulf? Stalled.

[dkf]

4. Letting republicans run the government is like having no government at all.

They let everyone break all the rules and don't execute government's basic duties.

Worthless.

[Obamanaut]

5. But, as in my post #2, aren't the Rs outnumbered by the Ds in congress,

and surely in the WH now. Why are the Rs still running the government - is it maybe because they are all the same after all?

[dkf]

11. It takes time to figure out and right the ship.

You ever try to clean up someone else's mess that they have been accumulating for years? It is not easy.

[Echo In Light]

6. A corporate/state nexus - a corporate structure that OWNS our govt is the problem

[AnArmyVeteran]

8. Easy Solution: TOUGH new campaign financing laws...

The only way we the people are going to change the current corrupt system is to stop the massive amounts of money flowing into the pockets and campaigns of candidates. Idiotic conservatives always fight against any campaign finance regulation because they are so easily duped into believing money is free speech. Then the dimwitted conservatives whine about what the government is doing without even realizing they are doing it to themselves, and to the rest of us.

We need to limit the amount of money spent on each election. We need public financing of elections. We need a law that prohibits anyone from contributing to a candidate unless they can vote for that candidate. We need to limit the amount a person can give to a candidate to $100. We need to prevent any money coming from outside a district or a state to stop the corrupting influence 'foreign' money has over local elections. The average American will never get honest representation until we the people force our government to make these changes. Until then, we are going to continue to have a government controlled by corporate whores. Money IS the root of all evil, and to remove that evil corruption from our political system we are going to have to limit how campaigns are financed.

But now unfortunately, the right wing conservatives (corporate whores) on the supreme court have ruled that they want more corruption in elections. They want corporations to buy every election in the country. They even want foreign corporations to be allowed to corrupt local elections with unlimited amounts of corrupting cash. How can we the people with our modest means ever get someone who is honest and who will represent us when we have corporations outspending us with unlimited amounts of corrupt money?

And while the intelligent people are trying to fight back against the constant onslaught from corrupt corporate influence over our elections, dimwitted conservatives keep fighting to keep the corrupt status quo. Do conservatives realize how infinitely stupid & ignorant they are?

[athenasatanjesus]

7. Republicans run on the the idea that government can not work so..

they get into government and make sure that it does not work.

[joeybee12]

9. Technically Republicans don't "run" government...

they rape it.