TWO-PARTY SYSTEM'S FAILURE

TWO-PARTY SYSTEM'S FAILURE If too many ingredients spoil the stew, then, too many cooks do too, the old adage goes. But, as true as that may be in the kitchen , it has not as yet demonstrated its truth in American history nor in its politics. In political matters more is better. Too wide of a tent allows too many ideological adversaries to come in. Thus, one subtracts from the other. But for the central pivotal question of the enduring American dilemma: the issues of class, color, race, and power, no axial alignment can exist. Right now Republicans are flush, if flustered; Democrats are defiant, if they are depressed, by 2016 votes. The current American two-party political system has failed to solve too many natal differences; failed to remedy too many disparities. They have both enabled the rich to grow richer, even as the poor grew poorer, due to their public policies. These policies are reflected in the people who have been elected or who have been selected to serve the public interest; but who have, instead, preferred to serve various private interests, especially their own interests, at the expense of the aggregate public interests. This is not necessarily to suggest that more political parties will be different from these now existing. But, more political choice like more cable channels, more radio stations, more living space, or internet access, could hardly be worse than what is now swaggering about, masquerading as our public officials and siphoning our taxes for their favorite oligarchs and selves!