Americans are going over the fiscal cliff. But all is not lost. Obama will work out a compromise wherein middle class Americans will not end up paying higher taxes. This will buy time and good will. Enough to defuse the automatic spending cuts, perhaps two weeks after they begin.
On a deeper level, what is it about American politics that prevents the winner of the U.S. presidential election and his party from implementing the majority will of the nation? Why is it that the Republicans can still wield so much power? The answer is, because America does not have a third party.
The advent of a third political party would mean that Democrats could woo such a party to overcome the rich, white old men of the GOP to effect what a majority of Americans want.
What America needs now is a third political party.
On a deeper level, what is it about American politics that prevents the winner of the U.S. presidential election and his party from implementing the majority will of the nation? Why is it that the Republicans can still wield so much power? The answer is, because America does not have a third party.
The advent of a third political party would mean that Democrats could woo such a party to overcome the rich, white old men of the GOP to effect what a majority of Americans want.
What America needs now is a third political party.
