Things are so heated within Congress, nothing can be passed through. There is so much controversy and talk about the Obama administration and its goals that the country's overall well being is being ignored.
What should be scrutinized are the motives behind why nothing is getting done. It was said, " Elected Republicans, however, are under intense pressure from their party’s conservative base to oppose any tax increases — a line in the sand that dims any prospects for bipartisan cooperation." President Obama is unable to increase taxes because of these blocks and everything remains at a stand still.
A poll was taken by the CBS News that asked whether President Obama is trying to work with Republicans, and who the deficit was caused by. There is a two to one ratio that says President Obama is trying to work with Republicans, while they say that more than two to one believe Republicans aren't reciprocating. As for the deficit, it is said that 41 percent believe the Bush administration is to blame, 24 percent believe it to be Congress' fault, and 7 percent believe it to be blamed on Obama.
At this point, we have fiscal policy advisers asking if this country is even governable anymore. Our country needs to start believing in our ability to make things right instead of what we consider to be wrong. "And to use the politics of fear and division and hate on each other — we are at a point right now where it doesn’t make a damn whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican if you’ve forgotten you’re an American." Our country needs to pull together once again.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/business/economy/17gridlock.html?pagewanted=1&ref=todayspaper
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