We no longer have elected official with back bones. They rule by consensus, working groups, group think, polls and the never ending need to be reelected. So few hard decisions get made, few hard things changed. It is far easier to give things away to be popular than get people to work and produce more. It is easier to take rights away from others than explain to many why they have those rights in the first place. I worry about all our kids and grand kids futures. The "Europonification" of America is not a thing that I am glad to see happening.