I think the system is working. It is the system that has been manipulated to work in favor of the grifters. I have changed my mind over the years on things like term limits and making stronger laws against conflict-of-interest money. If people, who care, want to make a difference, they will the spend the majority of any election effort into the local scene. I think the U.S. government is like a pyramid. The bottom layers support or enable the top.