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Why Cooperation May Be to Blame... - Belsnickel - 03-02-2017 ...for America's Polarized Politics Quote:When it comes to putting big projects together, there’s generally much greater cooperation these days at the local level than there was a generation or two ago. Maybe that’s one reason why American politics has become so polarized. Just some fun food for thought. What do you all think, is this theory correct? What do you think we need to do in order to change this? RE: Why Cooperation May Be to Blame... - treee - 03-02-2017 It's an interesting theory for sure. There definitely is something creating the hyper-partisanship we see today and I hope sociologists continue to study the potential causes of it. I personally tend to think it is more specifically orchestrated than he is suggesting. Hyper-partisanship benefits a lot of monied interests through holding legislative bodies in gridlock. RE: Why Cooperation May Be to Blame... - Belsnickel - 03-02-2017 (03-02-2017, 11:16 AM)treee Wrote: It's an interesting theory for sure. There definitely is something creating the hyper-partisanship we see today and I hope sociologists continue to study the potential causes of it. I personally tend to think it is more specifically orchestrated than he is suggesting. Hyper-partisanship benefits a lot of monied interests through holding legislative bodies in gridlock. Well, and this is something a lot of people don't necessarily realize, and that is those monied interests are doing more and more in the legislature, anyway. When you look at information about staff sizes in Washington, you will see that over the past 40 years there has been a significant decline in congressional staffers. Senators and Representatives are relying more and more on lobbyists to research issues and write legislation. Staffers are being pushed to local offices for constituent service types of jobs instead of being the ones to really work through issues with the official they work for. RE: Why Cooperation May Be to Blame... - treee - 03-02-2017 (03-02-2017, 11:35 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Well, and this is something a lot of people don't necessarily realize, and that is those monied interests are doing more and more in the legislature, anyway. When you look at information about staff sizes in Washington, you will see that over the past 40 years there has been a significant decline in congressional staffers. Senators and Representatives are relying more and more on lobbyists to research issues and write legislation. Staffers are being pushed to local offices for constituent service types of jobs instead of being the ones to really work through issues with the official they work for.For sure. In a lot of cases the lobbyists are literally writing legislation word-for-word. RE: Why Cooperation May Be to Blame... - Rotobeast - 03-02-2017 (03-02-2017, 11:35 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Well, and this is something a lot of people don't necessarily realize, and that is those monied interests are doing more and more in the legislature, anyway. When you look at information about staff sizes in Washington, you will see that over the past 40 years there has been a significant decline in congressional staffers. Senators and Representatives are relying more and more on lobbyists to research issues and write legislation. Staffers are being pushed to local offices for constituent service types of jobs instead of being the ones to really work through issues with the official they work for. Affording less witnesses to corruption. Regarding the OP.... I agree with the theory and agree we need to find a way to break their cycle of perpetual gridlock and their false sense of job security. You know what I feel the answer is. ![]() RE: Why Cooperation May Be to Blame... - Nately120 - 03-02-2017 |