Does this explain America’s $38 trillion debt, and constant budget crises?

Photo below - "Defending your Life" (1991) by Rob Reiner. Spoiler alert - it's a comedy, and Albert Brooks sill gets into heaven despite a lifetime of sketchy behavior . . .

Everyone hates politicians. The US congress has an approval rating of just 25% (trump is 42%, for comparison). But this shade covers OTHER states' senators. Local voters give their own elected officials and house members thumbs up. It's the Senators in the OTHER 49 states who are screwing things up, of course. The average age of a senator is now 65, and average net worth is well over $3 million. America loves geezer politicians who know how to bring home the bacon to their districts, and to their own bank accounts. (see links below).

Perhaps the reason our politicians perform so poorly is because they break ALL the rules when it comes to relationships (3rd link below). If Senators and congresspersons and Presidents were boyfriends, they should be dumped immediately, according to behavioral standards. Bad behavior along the lines of:

• Avoiding accountability when mistakes are made

• Prioritizing work (congressional) relationships above everything else

• Constantly breaking promises

• Mocking voters over their concerns

Let’s zero in the obvious: keeping promises and embracing accountability. These are central to any successful relationship. If you can’t do these simple things, then you are a toxic personality at best, and possibly suffering from behavioral and mental instability. You don’t have to exhibit the same level of dysfunction of ask Reiner (who killed his parents) to deserve removal. But to Rob Reiner’s credit, instead of ostracizing his struggling son, he was spending $70,000 a month on treatments in hopes a solution might someday be found.

Some problems cannot be solved with money.

Certainly America’s $38 trillion in national debt has solved NOTHING. We have more poverty than when the war on poverty was launched. We have 800+ military bases, bombers that cost $2 billion each, and $10 billion aircraft carriers, but are flummoxed by Iranian garage-built drones costing the same as a Toyota Corolla. We have trillions in federally guaranteed student loans which didn’t result in jobs the graduate envisioned. Need I go on? I can do this all day.

If we don’t like crushing debt, and never-ending wars, the solution seems simple. Elect someone else. Even if partisan media is covering up broken promises and helping politicians avoid accountability. We voters are like apologists living in an abusive relationship.

I’m just sayin’ . . .

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