The Problem With Problems.

Ya know, there only three problems with America. The problem with the three problems is that all three are just one problem. Well, what is it or what are they? The problem with the three problems is politics. But the three problems can fix the problem if we only would make the necessary changes to the problems. The three problems are: closed primary elections, campaign financing and congressional redistricting. Now any one of the three could, if solved, improve the system immensely, but solving all three should solve the problem. Of course that doesn't mean that progressives and conservatives wouldn't disagree any more. Actually, nothing in the world could change that. But a completely open primary election would eliminate the party stranglehold on elections because the top two vote getters would be the nominees for the general election. Could be two Conservatives or two Progressives or two Independents or any combination thereof. Once the political parties don't control elections anymore, we'd see substantial improvement. If we put in place some real financial campaign reform that allowed for a reasonable ceiling on campaign spending or government funding only, with teeth in it and an FEC that didn't deadlock on everything, we'd see substantial improvement. If congressional districts were actually formed to represent a complete community or region instead of a gerrymandered system of squirming and wreathing sections designed to give special consideration to particular parties, you'd begin to see substantial improvement. That would leave just one problem to solve. It's the hardest problem to solve and that's why I left it to last. I left it to last because I always put off to last anything that's hard to do. The last problem is getting politicians to go along with these changes. There is no solution to this problem because politicians would be unable to easily find a way to circumvent the solutions. None of these solutions are in the interests of politicians. They're only in the best interests of the citizens. Now do ya see why I left this problem til last?