IS THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT BROKEN?

Ok I am back, I know I do not Blog daily or weekly like most of the talking heads. Most blog or talk just to read or hear themselves. I blog when I feel I have something to add to the national conversation or to a targeted group of people. I feel a question begs to be asked to the American people regarding our government. Is the American Government Broken?


To begin to answer this question we must first define what the government is supposed to do for the American people. Back to Government 101;

America has three branches of Government

Executive (the President, Vice President and 15 cabinet members) The president is the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and is essentially the leader of the country; may recommend legislation to Congress; may convene Congress; has the power to appoint ambassadors to other nations; can appoint Supreme Court justices and other federal judges; and is expected, with his Cabinet and its agencies, to carry out and enforce the laws of the United States.

 Legislative  (Congress, the collective legislative body made up of the Senate and the House.) he primary function of these two bodies is to write, debate and pass bills and to send them on to the president for his approval or veto. If the president gives his approval to a bill, it immediately becomes law

 Judicial  (The Supreme Court it’s up to the federal judicial system to sort through this web of legislation and decide what is constitutional and what is not.)

Our Government is based on:

Federalism: The U.S. Constitution establishes a government based on "federalism," or the sharing of power between the national, and state (and local) governments. Our power-sharing form of government is the opposite of "centralized" governments, such as those in England and France, under which national government maintains total power

Ok I know that was boring to most readers however you would be surprised when the majority of people asked did not remember these basic facts about our government.
The three branches were created to protect the people of the United States, debate and pass laws that protect and help the people of the United States, and to make sure the laws passed are within the guidelines of the Constitution.

So ok let’s evaluate the performance of each for the past oh lets say year.

The Executive branch. The President Well he seems to be doing his job, he has given the State of the Union to Congress, nominated several people to his cabinet, he is leading the Military, implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress and, to that end, appoints the heads of the federal agencies, and recommend legislation to Congress. Actually he has gone above that by holding televised meetings with the House for example..

The Judicial Branch have been performing their jobs, Hearing cases and rendering opinions on the rule of constitutional law.

The Legislative Branch; Ahh well that is where the system seems to be failing the American people.  Actually at one point last week stopped Americans that are out of work from receiving unemployment payment and medical help simply because one group of Senators wanted to prove a point to the President and Congress. It simply seems that one group in Congress has an  agenda is to stall government or cause the President to fail simply because they do not like the President party affiliation. Oh yeah the Congress is divided in more that the Senate and House of Representatives. Congress is also divided by political parties the Republicans and the Democrats. The republicans seem to have become obstructionists following an agenda by their party leader (a radio talk show host) to make the president and his party fail at all costs even if it means destroying individual American citizens. Some may argue that a talk show host is not the leader of the party, however: I beg to differ the official head of the party is simply  “stepinfetchit” appointed as a sign that they are diversified as a party after to their amazement and horror the people of America elected for the first time in history a black person as President. If anyone doubted this fact please recall when the official Republican Party leader was made to give a public apology to the talk show host for simply speaking his mind. The problem was that it differed with the talk show host.

The Republican Party has created an environment of hate and discontent by broadcasting lies and half truths simply to gain power again.

So Yes I believe the government is broken and the Republican Party is the broken part. The Democrats need to get going and find a way to manipulate past the republican or they will also be seen as a part of the problem they have sat back on their behinds patting themselves on the back for a year now, they have allowed a super majority opportunity pass them. It is time to act like men and women not little kids whining that the republicans are not playing fair. Learn to play the game and win or the American middle class will all loose.