Stemming off of the conversation had in class over the issues with bipartisan politics, I'd like to discuss what I believe are two of the main problems of the current McDonalds (a metaphorical substitute for an expletive) that is the American government.
Problem 1, rather than attempting to cooperate on key issues that need to be addressed, the government spends overall more time bickering about much less important issues. For example, while I do think that the ethnic factor in admission to colleges is controversial, I think our time would be better spent on resolving the healthcare dilemma. While we are trying to solve the healthcare conundrum, rather than cooperating and trying to create a well-designed though through system, time is being spent arguing about if it should exist. While I do favor universal healthcare, I would much rather the parties quickly resolve to either implement or toss out the system and then work on augmenting the system at hand to the best of their abilities. This way, the people who are being payed with our tax dollars are collaborating productively rather than attacking each other, wasting their time, the people's money and overall achieving nothing. What is achieved in the latter part, is making the United States look immature, divided and incapable of self-government.
Problem 2, looking to treat the symptoms of the problem rather than fixing the problem at its source. Why do people argue about immigration? I would argue that most of the U.S. populace is not xenophobic or racist and that they are generally open to immigration. What causes the escalation of tensions regarding immigration is financial danger, usually for the lower class workers. The lower class workers feel threatened by the very real possibility that an immigrant would do their job for less money and thereby cause the native resident to be unemployed. This reasoning is valid because the two individuals are competing for the same position. However, the premise, competing for the same position could be seen as the root of the issue. Rather than discouraging immigration, if the U.S. government focused on developing permanent jobs, expanding the possibility for employment. Individual A & B wouldn't have to compete for jobs, instead, they might work side by side. While this is an ideal scenario, it is understandable that the number of people who want to immigrate into the U.S. is greater than the number of jobs that are being/will-be created. However, it provides a starting point for resolution. While this is a very general discussion of the idea, the thinking style is similar to Lupe Fiasco's reasoning behind calling Obama a terrorist, although definitely on different planes of possible enragement.
Lupe Fiasco on Obama (...and U.S. Presidents in general I believe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cU9HdGPDfo
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