Does this explain America’s $38 trillion debt, and constant budget crises?

Photo above - "Defending your Life" (1991) by Rob Reiner. Spoiler alert - it's a comedy, and Albert Brooks sill gets into heaven despite a lifetime of sketchy behavior . . .

Everyone hates politicians. The US congress has an approval rating of just 25% (trump is 42%, for comparison). But this shade covers OTHER states' senators. Local voters give their own elected officials and house members thumbs up. It's the Senators in the OTHER 49 states who are screwing things up, of course. The average age of a senator is now 65, and average net worth is well over $3 million. America loves geezer politicians who know how to bring home the bacon to their districts, and to their own bank accounts. (see links below).

Perhaps the reason our politicians perform so poorly is because they break ALL the rules when it comes to relationships (3rd link below). If Senators and congresspersons and Presidents were boyfriends, they should be dumped immediately, according to behavioral standards. Bad behavior along the lines of:

- Avoiding accountability when mistakes are made

- Prioritizing work (congressional) relationships above everything else

- Constantly breaking promises

- Mocking voters over their concerns

Let’s zero in the obvious: keeping promises and accepting accountability. These are central to any successful relationship. If you can’t do these simple things, then you are a toxic personality at best, and possibly suffering from behavioral and mental instability. You don’t have to exhibit the same level of dysfunction of ask Reiner (who killed his parents) to deserve removal. But to Rob Reiner’s credit, instead of ostracizing his struggling son, he was spending $70,000 a month on treatments in hopes a solution might someday be found.

Some problems cannot be solved with money.

Certainly America’s $38 trillion in national debt has solved NOTHING. We have more poverty than when the war on poverty was launched. We have 800+ military bases, bombers that cost $2 billion each, and $10 billion aircraft carriers, but are flummoxed by Iranian garage-built drones costing the same as a Toyota Corolla. We have trillions in federally guaranteed student loans which didn’t result in jobs the graduate envisioned. Need I go on? I can do this all day.

If we don’t like crushing debt, and never-ending wars, the solution seems simple. Elect someone else. Even if partisan media is covering up broken promises and helping politicians avoid accountability. We voters are like apologists living in an abusive relationship.

I’m just sayin’ . . .

Ballotpedia's Polling Index: Congressional approval rating - Ballotpedia

Women don’t want perfect men: just men who stop doing these 15 things

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/love-sex/women-don-t-want-perfect-men-just-men-who-stop-doing-these-15-things/ss-AA1XQk83?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69affe35d66d4745a0953a463dfa05f9&ei=203#image=17

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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

I am aware of the movie.. To me, what it does show is that Americans in power have been aware of all the issues raised for a long enough time to have made deliberate choices on how to deal with the issues, and America today is the result.. And lets be clear. These are the people with the influence and the money. So America chose to screw itself. And after a couple of terms of self inflicted Trump, it is going to get stuck with the bill.😷

SusanInFlorida · 31-35, F

@whowasthatmaskedman i doubt if voters chose to "screw themselves". politicians lied to voters, weren't held accountable by the media, and everyone but ordinary citizens is getting richer.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@SusanInFlorida Not deliberately of course. But American voters have been sold short term gratification over long term goals for decades now. And this fits with the consumer society so well. If I say to you that you can live like a Kardashian. Just get five credit cards and spend spend spend, you can see immediately the trap. (Even though there are a few who do just that) But this is exactly what your govt has been doing for decades now. And the chickens are homing home to roost. Its not the state secret or rocket science. But just maybe those super low state taxes you were paying werent enough to education the kids in your state that what goes around, comes around. Or how to spell "Consequences".😷