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I still think that killing earmarks is what killed bipartisanship. There is just nothing that each side can give the other without earmarks, so there is no way
by D13Fd 3y ago
I still think that killing earmarks is what killed bipartisanship. There is just nothing that each side can give the other without earmarks, so there is no way to negotiate. Instead, it’s just full-on war 100% of the time.
They were a tiny percentage of the budget, and it was a small price to pay for functioning government.
- WeylandYutani 3y agoIt's inevitable with a two party system. If the US had 20 parties there would be a political tradition to form coalitions. Liberals forming a government with far right Christians- the best medicine for ideology is Machiavellian pragmatism.
- 3seashells 3y agoAnd it creates personal churn, removing people from politics in scandals