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-- a committee system run by power brokers;
-- one vulnerable to lobbyist interests;
-- staggered elections to assure continuity;
-- a one-party state with two wings, vulnerable to corruption; and
-- a separate judiciary with power to overrule Congress and the Executive, and at times does.
The Constitution's "We the People" opening words are meaningless window dressing. So is Article I, Section 8 stating:
"The Congress shall have power to....provide for (the) general welfare of the United States" - the so-called welfare clause applicable also to the Executive and High Court.
The record shows otherwise - decades of permanent wars, repressive laws, rampant crime, unsafe streets, injustice, political corruption, dishonest police, racketeering labor officials, corporate fraud, raging unaddressed social problems, rare efforts to change things, and since the 1970s, virtually none.
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