Reply #18: I stand corrected

[depakid]

Congress is even more impotent and enfeebled than I thought.

Just as an aside, it supports the theory that irrespective of overwhelming public support and obvious economic concerns, the system of governance in the United States is becoming ever more incapable of producing efficient and effective solutions in a timely manner to the problems that beset the nation in the 21st Century.

Not confirmation bias, btw: just another observation that fits a pattern that's being replayed over and over. Any objective observer can see it.

At some point there'll be an issue- or crisis that breaks the pattern. America and it's leaders just haven't gotten there yet.