Break gridlock in Congress

George Floyd’s life was taken at the hands of police on May 25th. The outrage prompted Congress to propose new legislation to address social justice and police brutality. The Republicans came up with a bill; The Democrats have a bill. But can the the two parties merge the best of each to pass legislation and address the problem? The answer is NO.

More pandemic stimulus legislation is overdue to help the unemployed, small businesses and enable Americans trying to pay the rent. Each political party developed another stimulus plan to address these needs. But can they find common ground and advance the effort? Again, the answer is NO.

Social Security and Medicare are headed for insolvency in the coming years. Both parties have a plan to avoid this. Can they agree on a solution? You guessed it: NO. Same scenario when it comes to addressing the National Debt, Infrastructure, Immigration, Healthcare, etc. NO bipartisan solutions.

Ask any candidate who is up for re-election one simple question: “Why should I vote to send you back to Wash, D.C., and see NO bipartisan solutions?” If your candidate responds, “Because it was all the other party’s fault,” you’ve been had.

Polls show the majority of Americans are for term limits. Won’t happen. But we have another way to get to term limits. Change the people who keep asking to vote them back to Congress (approx. 85 percent of incumbents are re-elected).

If we keep doing this we will just keep getting insanity: Voting the same individuals back into office and expecting a different outcome. We The People deserve better than career politicians who don’t solve problems.