Politics Don't "Work", Because People Don't "Work".

It doesn't take a political analyst to tell that government has a problem.  The problems often hide, but clearly, they are out in the open now.  The reason government dysfunction is because Republicans have admitted that there number one goal is to make sure Obama is a one term president.  Their first goal isn't jobs, the economy, foreign affairs, or the environment, it's making sure that Obama is a one term president.  That's not even partisan, that's a fact that the Republicans have admitted.

But that's not what this is about.

The question is why doesn't government work.  The answer, in my opinion, is because people don't work.  Everyone seems to think that Politicians should just, "Go to Washington and do what we elected them to do."  And while that sounds good on the surface, when you think about it, what did we elect them to do?  Some people elected them to tax and spend, and some people elected them to stay out of our lives.  When you think about it, do Americans agree 100% on anything.  We disagree about wars, drugs, gun rights, taxing, spending, and just about everything else you could think of.  Even if there is general consensus, politicians are people too, and either they'll be loyal to their constituents, or they'll be loyal to their own beliefs.  All this disagreement means that sometimes nothing gets done.

Compiled on top of that fundamental problem, is money.  Money buys politicians, and money corrupts.  When political constituents became corporations and super pacs with unlimited money, that's when government collapses.  Because corporations only pay to cause corruption, not to end it.

However, one more aspect makes it so that these two points--money and people--are connected.  Legally, corporations are people.  So when politicians say they want to make people money, or get people working, sometimes they mean they want to make corporation money, and get corporations working.  So in the end, I suppose that means that "people" really do cause a failure in government.  Whether it's disagreements from real people, or corruption from corporations acting as people, it is people who cause a failure in politics.