Politics rant

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Why does the United States even need the filibuster? It seems crazy that either party could stop legislation from moving forward, even if they have enough votes to pass it. If you read the Wiki on the filibuster, it's just stupid. This is something that really needs to change. If the majority of the Senate votes to pass legislation, it should pass

Comments

[dj_rabid_angel]

I agree. It's right up there with The Electoral College as far as stupid ideas go.

[arctic_phoenix]

From what I've come to understand about our founding father's and the principles of this country the system was build to keep political and social change a very slow process. They wanted the principles of the country to be able to weather the fickleness of any age, the checks and balances were designed to pass legislation in about 30 years. I am not a republican, I am a democrat by modern standards. But I have this to say about the republicans, they're playing a tough game, they're making very slow subtle changes to our society. The democrats are failing by always pushing for fast and immediate social and legal change. And when they don't get that change they move on to something new to get fired up on. Everything FDR set up was slowly and methodically taken apart after Nixon's years.