Plenty of partisans will look at a story like this and tell themselves 'if only my party (R or D) just had more power, this wouldn't happen'. Although governme

Plenty of partisans will look at a story like this and tell themselves 'if only my party (R or D) just had more power, this wouldn't happen'. Although government policies can definitely have an effect on the lives of all Americans; cases like this one cannot be solved by government programs. The people we surround ourselves with (family, friends, neighbors) have a far greater influence over our emotional and social well-being than some faceless bureaucracy in Washington D.C.