congress
a fairly moderate think tank recently published a think on the dysfunctionality of congress. it hasn't been this dysfunctional since the civil war. they blame the republicans. if you'll recall from american history class, during civil war times, the ruling class in the south owned everything. including people. and were willing to go to war with their brothers to keep everything they owned. including people. and they went to war. and lost everything. literally. sherman burned it. wounds which took a long long time to heal. almost as long as it took for the ruling class to get the message that the phrase, all men are created equal, applies to all human beings regardless of race or gender. does the republican party really want to go to war on behalf of the new ruling class because they don't want to pay taxes?