Bankruptcy Bill Demonstrates the Problem with Current American Politics

Digby really encapsulates all that is wrong with the American political system at this point in time in this post about the bankruptcy bill:

• An administration beholding to large and especially greedy corporations;



• An administration that continuously dissembles and claims up is down, misleading the public as it enacts horrible policy after horrible policy;



• A corrupt congress that is out of control and incapable of standing up to big money;



• An opposition party that is so compromised by the corruption of the current system that it is next to impossible for all of its members to stand united against abominable bills;



• An opposition party that enables the tyranny of the majority party by allowing its individual members to cooperate with and provide cover for majority malfeasance; and



• A governing system that has no forethought to the consequences of the actions of that government on the everyday lives of its citizens.

The system is irreparably broken and only a near-total takedown (as in the electoral defeat of at least half or maybe two-thirds of incumbents in the next two election cycles) can provide any hope of getting a government in place that actually protects its citizens.