One thing I keep hearing from family, from friends, and online, is that we will never make any real progress in this country as long as Congressmen and Senators can stick whatever they like in any old bill. They slip in pork spending, and horrendous legislation such as the Real ID Act (attached to a bill for defense spending and tsunami relief), with even the most conscientious legislator sometimes left with no choice but to vote for it to get a necessary bill passed.
All of these people need to write to Congress to support DownsizeDC‘s One Subject at a Time Act.
The hopeful try to create a new party. The naive try to reform their own. The wise go to DownsizeDC.org.