
Every year for many years now, the bitterly divided, grid-locked, virtually civil-war-waging United States Congress (as it’s commonly depicted) has harmoniously voted for vastly more money in war spending than it had done the year before. Our lords and misrepresentatives are threatening the same again right now.
It’s a heartwarming story or cooperation and understanding, no doubt, but how can you, as an elected official, explain to constituents living third-world lives in a wealthy nation that,








