Friday, December 28, 2012

Congressional Gridlock Due To Hyper-Partisan Districts?


There are all types of speculation as to why Congress is so gridlocked, and everybody appears to enjoy playing the blame game. 
In fact, while the fiscal cliff looms ever larger on the horizon, politicians are still pointing fingers at each other instead of actually putting out an honest effort to resolve the issue in a way that will benefit the American people. Republicans want more spending cuts and fewer tax hikes. 
Democrats want more tax hikes and fewer spending cuts. They can’t reach a middle ground; they still have too many specifics that they can’t seem to agree on.
Could the problem be that, rather than politicians not listening to the people, that they instead are listening to the people, but the districts that the people live in have become too polarized?
makes good sense but then that would infer these politicians are more interested in re-election to keep perks more then serving the people.  
if the group you represent are counter in interest then the majority do you support that radical agenda when you oath of office says the constitution and the country?