Reply #13: We're reaping what Newtie's revolution sowed. Privatization of every function [View All]

[donkeyotay]

of good government has rendered our democracy dysfunctional.
From your link:

Iraq's government has failed, but America's isn't doing so well either


"...why has the Bush administration been so incompetent? Behind that is a larger question about how the American political system as a whole is failing to deliver consistent policy and good governance. ...

Congress, the administration and senior military commanders berate the Iraqi government for failing to meet Washington's political and security "benchmarks". But the long-suffering ordinary people of Iraq are entitled to ask in return how the American government has delivered on its own promises. ...

Next week we will again be considering what the US can tell us about Iraq and its government; we should also consider what Iraq tells us about the US and its government.

...the disproportionate influence of lobbyists and funders, and an absurdly frenetic election timetable...

The same is badly needed for the governance of the US. Then the US government could set itself, as it has set the Iraqi government, a list of benchmarks.