Digging still deeper, my research suggests that we can dial back American anger if we begin to fix two complaints: the lack of accountability and the lack of respect in our dealings with each other.
The core American complaint about politics is that wrongdoing isn’t punished, other than at the next election. From scandalous personal behavior to bailouts of everyone and everything except the hardworking middle class, Washington is seen as the source for America’s mistakes. Enforcing rules and letting failures fail would stop the excesses today and prevent the mistakes of tomorrow.
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