Failure Of The Two-Party System

Have the Democrats or Republicans you've voted for in the past lived up to what they said they would do? Your answers will vary from partially to rarely to never, but ultimately your answer is probably no.

One of the problems we are facing is the two party system. Two of the many problems with the two party system are: Number one, they have a party to answer to. For the most part, they pretty much have to stay lock-step with their party's ideology or suffer recourse. Number two, they have special interest groups to answer to who have played a big role financially in helping to get them elected. They expect a return on their "investment". Even if it's at the expense of the citizens or even if it's not in the best interest of the state or it's people.

But what if there was someone who had no party affiliation or special interest group backing them and only had to answer to the people they represent? Would you vote for someone like that? Would you say, "Well, I like so and so and I would vote for him/her, but I feel I would be wasting my vote giving the person I don't want in office a better chance of winning."

This is something both Democrats and Republicans agree upon. They want us to believe it has to be one or the other. They have us so trained to think that if you don't vote for party, it will take away votes from them enabling the opposition a better opportunity to win.

Let me ask you, where has this way of thinking gotten us? Twelve trillion dollars in debt, more entitlement programs, redistribution of wealth, less security on our borders, laws that are unconstitutional, bailouts, a housing crisis just to name a few. We cannot sustain this way of thinking and voting if we want America to continue to be the greatest country on earth.

It is imperative that we change our way of thinking. The two party system has failed us. It's time we started looking at those without party affiliation and start voting our conscience. If everbody would stop their old way of thinking and start voting their conscience, real change can begin and we can bring America back to what our Founding Fathers created this country to be like.