The Solution for America’s Ill: Policy development on increased supplemental health insurance should be decided on by local communities and U.S. states, not the federal government. Criminal prosecution should haunt insurance companies guilty of defrauding the insured from proper care and the depraved indifference of pharmaceutical companies begging for malpractice bailouts. People following their own devices may turn to privatized and alternative healthcare or use the resources provided to them by their community without seeking the federal government’s permission.

The Solution for Religion: The people’s persistent invocation of the division of church and state is the best answer to the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion for all. Religious institutions should responsibly guard their right to practice and draw defining lines for followers between spiritual powers and the offices of the U.S. government as provision for the individual. They are not qualified or equipped to run the U.S. government based exclusively on spiritual constituencies.The powerful in government who deliberately indulge in the deception and seduction of spiritual leaders should be identified and publicly humiliated for their disservice to the American people. Religious institutions that fall prey to the former need to be held accountable by their communities.

We saved the best for last

The Solution of Liberal Left vs. Conservative Right: The relevant vote for Americans has become the focus of election reform advocates. Voter advocacy programs have benefitted from movements like the Clean Money Campaign, where political contributions are closely monitored and reported to voters.Other efforts focus on the integrity of ballot counts. The dimensions of what happens to us and the results of our votes have become centerpiece of many documentary films. Many notable documentaries covering the last two general elections demonstrated voting fraud and disenfranchisement at U.S. polls.

The documentary, Washington, You’re Fired! approaches how voters can make their voice relevant again. Elected officials are shown taking an oath requirement to uphold the Constitution and to represent the views of the people. While doing neither, they faithfully collect their paycheck just the same.

We asked the director, William Lewis for solutions to what constituents face in the current two-party stalemate.

“The core solutions that we promote are: voting, participating in a(n) {activist} group, and running for office.We must collectively move ourselves away from the traps set by our political parties and the social issues that they claim to represent.The two big political parties in this country have grown far too accustomed to using social and religious issues to divide the American people into either the red corner or the blue corner.We’re told that we have to pick one or the other or else it’s simply a wasted vote.

“We’ve seen both Republicans and Democrats sign their names to bills that have collectively weakened large portions of the United States Constitution. It would seem logical to assume that if we are getting the same results from both political parties, then a vote for either party is actually a wasted vote.When you have a house full of representatives who can’t or won’t represent the will of the people, then you have no choice but to start all over again. If they can’t protect our rights and freedoms; then we have to go there and do it ourselves. People like you and me have to go fill those seats. If we don’t, it will simply be business as usual in Washington, DC. “

Another option is to take a look at other nations who have been plagued with political dualism. In Brian Boyko’s upcoming film Importing Democracy, he examines New Zealand’s switch from a two party system in 1993.We asked Brian if a pilot of New Zealand’s systemic change in the U.S. system might work.

“I cannot say that Importing Democracy will present a true solution to America’s two-party system problem. I do not believe Americans, by and large, are aware that there are other ways of doing democracy —and those that are may be demoralized and believe that electoral systems cannot be changed ‘within the system.’ New Zealand’s experiences prove that it can be done.

If alternative voting systems were given their fair shot at the ballot box, but Americans prefer the system they currently have - I’d be disappointed but encouraged that that result was achieved in a democratic fashion.” What is the best we can hope for?

“As Prof. Nigel Roberts at Victoria University of Wellington keenly pointed out, ‘...the greatest flaw with all political systems is that they end up electing politicians,’ ” said Boyko. Touche!

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