Washington is a nice place to visit. Government is not the problem. The problem is politicians and extremist partisanship and agendas. It is high time to remove the cancer, not kill the patient. Right wing Republicans are malignant and parasitic. That is why Congress is at its most unproductive, dysfunctional, and disrespected level in history. We outlasted foreign fascism and communism, but now face home grown anti-socialism and unethical capitalism internally. Scum has risen to the top where cream used to be in Congress.

Running against washington is how the Tea Party Republicans got elected.

Now they have become Washington (House of Reps) and democrats are, in turn, running against them.

Turn about is fair play, after all.

In the United States the income of the middle class has stagnated or declined in real terms while the super rich incomes have skyrocketed. Part of this was from the low tax rates on capital gains (Romney managed to declare his income as a manager as being like capital gains and paid 14 percent - saving himself about 10 million in taxes over several years).

Huge salaries and bonuses by heads of corporation and commissions for financial tricksters devising new securities (mortgage backed securities etc) allowed them to cheat the public and even cheat their customers (e.g. Goldman Sachs - who just had a senior manager resign in disgust at the deceit and trickery of its own clients). Many corporations bought tax advantages through contributions (bribes) to Congress - e.g. General Electric that paid very low tax rates in recent years due to purchased tax concessions.

There is nothing holy about the extremely high payments to executives - business publications such as Business Week and the Economist point out that the huge sums paid to executives, even when they lose money are inappropriate. A few entrepreneurs - STeve Jobs etc - may deserve what they earned. Most did not. Corporation boards should have to formally approve compensation of chief executives above $10 million and compensation of others above $5 million.

Make no mistake, the Terrifying Errant Activist(TEA) party are alive and thriving in local and state politics. The Tea Party has strongholds like Virginia, Colorado, Louisiana, South Carolina, Florida and Texas and want to lull the population to sleep while they maneuver their people into power. They are very active locally and control monies, local infrastructure and power. Everyone in America should get involved at the local level should take control locally and hold your politicians to account for everyone. No one likes being told what to do, when it comes to Health Care, yet the TEA-GOP-Republican's tell a woman she has to have an Ultrasound/Sonogram if she is considering an abortion. This is not a political issue, but a personal issue between the woman, her husband, if applicable, and the doctor only! No one else need get involved! Friday, March 23, marks the two-year anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Affordable Care Act into law. Since its enactment, the ACA has made important improvements to our health system: 54 million American families have additional benefits, including greater access to preventive health care services; 2.5 million young adults up to age 26 are able to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans; nearly 18 million children with pre-existing conditions are protected from insurance coverage denials; 3.6 million seniors received 50 percent discounts on their drugs in 2011 as an initial step in closing the “donut hole”; and nearly 33 million seniors accessed preventive services now available without cost-sharing through Medicare. In addition, states and communities across the country are using more than $4 billion granted in fiscal years 2010-2012 to improve the public health infrastructure, expand community health centers and school-based health centers, support and expand the public health workforce and test innovative approaches to reducing costs and improving health care quality.