Politics (Sorry you looked?)

On Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:44:17 -0400 (EDT), Brad Goldman
<brad@jimmy.harvard.edu> wrote:

>2) Hey, who else has done more?  Hasn't gridlock been one of the
>biggest problems for quite a while now?  I'm surprised you and Ian
>haven't argued whether Reaganomics was due to Reagan, or Reagan's
>inability to get Congress to do his bidding.  No recent president has 
>been able to pass butkiss of importance after the first year or 
>two of his presidency.

Gridlock is not a problem, it is a solution. This government was
designed to deliver gridlock reliably, and it functions quite well in
that regard. This is laid out in some detail in sources like the
Federalist Papers.


Kevin B. O'Brien
kob1@ix.netcom.com
"I feel a very unusual sensation--if it's not indigestion,
I think it must be gratitude." Benjamin Disraeli