Comments on: Confirmed: American Government Is Broken http://www.hunterhost.com/654/government-broken/ Moving to a sustainable world through green business, public policy and sound economics. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:01:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ross Hunter http://www.hunterhost.com/654/government-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1804 Ross Hunter Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:37:40 +0000 http://www.hunterhost.com/?p=654#comment-1804 Sol, thank you for the link. Your work with Professor Susskind will take me some time to absorb. I hope to write more about it here soon. Sol, thank you for the link. Your work with Professor Susskind will take me some time to absorb. I hope to write more about it here soon.

]]> By: Sol Erdman http://www.hunterhost.com/654/government-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Sol Erdman Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:45:40 +0000 http://www.hunterhost.com/?p=654#comment-1801 In a recent blog, James Fallows of The Atlantic wrote that there may be a practical way to fix our broken government -- fix it so that our politicians will enact sustainable solutions to America's severest problems. You can read his comments at: http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/02/going_to_hell_7_a_different_wa.php That entry refers to a paper that my organization, the Center for Collaborative Democracy, put together. I believe it makes an air-tight case that the fundamental flaw with our government is much bigger than powerful interest groups. They are just a symptom of our dysfunctional political process. And a real solution to our current troubles will require much more than campaign finance reform. In a recent blog, James Fallows of The Atlantic wrote that there may be a practical way to fix our broken government — fix it so that our politicians will enact sustainable solutions to America’s severest problems. You can read his comments at:

http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/02/going_to_hell_7_a_different_wa.php

That entry refers to a paper that my organization, the Center for Collaborative Democracy, put together. I believe it makes an air-tight case that the fundamental flaw with our government is much bigger than powerful interest groups. They are just a symptom of our dysfunctional political process. And a real solution to our current troubles will require much more than campaign finance reform.

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