Dysfunctional Government

The article I choose is about the current government and how dysfunctional is today.

The article starts by talking about the organization of the US government and how one missing piece of the electoral process- 535 members, tens of millions voters, and self interested groups- can lead to a government standstill. A lack of participation from both voters and their representative can also lead to government standstill which explains today's politics.

“no one is ever going to have a big enough majority to just do what they want to do all the time.” is one quote from the author talking about how bills comes with compromise. An example of normal politics is in the 60s when LBJ was trying to pass his signature civil rights bill and he did this by compromising with his republican colleagues to pass it. 50 years later, president Obama is trying to pass his iconic healthcare bill (Obamacare) and his republican equivalent, the speaker of the house, was willing to compromise, but his republican party didn't materialize effective . As stated by the writer, “ I realized that the groups of obstructionists were now able to basically hold the system to ransom.” these ineffective members of Congress include Ted Cruz and Rand Paul who basically shut down the government for their personal run for the president and

One example is the recent Republican primaries with its voters being the dominant force and not the party officials, where these people can be close minded, small group of minorities, or even very passionate when voting for someone specific that they want; without party insiders, people can vote for an inexperienced guy as shown with Donald Trump. Throughout history, both parties are trying to exclude outsiders, but now it's the opposite with outsiders basically running the