[zmaurelius]

Unfortunately, politicians in the US lack the foresight and willpower to enact any of those changes because that would necessitate foregoing short term gains. Even if we pulled another $31 trillion out of thin air, none of these problems are getting fixed. Anything that takes longer than four years has a hugely diminished chance of getting traction and that is not going to change in the foreseeable future.

[aliqot]

4 year cycle, 2 parties. It's by design.

[voisin]

And yet there’s an interstate system, collection of national parks, and space program. It can’t be by design if it hasn’t always been this broken.