I am not sure where it all went wrong but, at some time the goal of elected officials changed from service for the benefit of the country to, service to the party regardless of impact to the nation. This is not simply an American issue but is felt around the world.
The U.S. government is stalled by filibustering, GOP members voting "NO" on bills solely on the fact that they are being presented by the Democrats. Health Care for all, too expensive? Financial reform, "swatting an ant with a nuclear weapon"? Six month moratorium on offshore drilling (33 exploratory wells), "destroying the industry, costing hundreds of thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in lost business"? Sorry, again disinformation at its worst.
The Canadian government spent months in ridiculous rants and tirades giving the impression of spoiled children in a sandbox. Leaders actually "Tweet" about how they held up sessions with incessant noise on past issues. They did manage to spend $1 billion dollars on security for the G20 but, much of that went to side projects that had no connection to the event. Why hide behind amendments? If the funds are being spent wisely and for the good of the nation, there should be no issue. They also managed to agree that an apology to the families of the 1985 Air India tragedy was in order after attempting to cover up errors made that led up to the event. Good job, well done. Take a summer vacation, school is out.
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