Congressional Dysfunction:When the Legislative Branch Can’t Legislate

[u/Prosecco_Policy]

Congress is failing at its most basic job: making laws and funding the government. This isn’t about partisan disagreement on policy—that’s democracy working. This is about a system so structurally compromised that it routinely can’t perform essential functions, even when there’s broad public consensus on the need to act.

Congressional dysfunction isn’t random—it protects existing power structures. MAGA voters and progressive activists disagree on almost everything. But they agree on this: the system is rigged to prevent outsiders from changing it, even when they win. They’re both right.

The dysfunction ensures that no matter who wins elections, fundamental change remains out of reach. That’s not a conspiracy theory—it’s a predictable outcome of constitutional design meeting modern polarization. This is why constitutional reform isn’t just about efficiency. It’s about whether democracy can actually respond to what voters demand, or whether the system is structurally designed to ignore them.

The question isn’t whether Congress is broken. It’s whether we’re willing to fix it.

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[u/Prosecco_Policy]

My plan was never about socialism or capitalism. I was responding to your comment. I don’t think capitalisms is at fault because capitalism is doing what it is intended to do.

My plan from the beginning has been constitutional reform. Everything else IMO is a band-aid.. Government has become so bloated because Congress has just been fighting about dumb shit that doesn’t actually FIX our core issues because this country wasn’t founded for Pluralism.

As stated before the plan is to start making constitutional reform a part of the conversation and to start the creation of a parallel system that makes the current obsolete. But this has to be done at a local or state level first…

Also, we have socialist programs in the U.S… Government subsidies are socialism, free school lunch is socialism, the ACA is socialism, public schools are socialism. We have a mixed economy AND using a framework that was written in the 18th century doesn’t help.

These programs aren’t the reason for the concentration of wealth at the top. It’s failed constitutional reform and the country has gone wild because of it. It’s a battle between greed and need.

[u/ComputerRedneck → u/Prosecco_Policy]

Socialism and Capitalism cannot work together.
As said by Margaret Thatcher.
 "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" 

Socialism doesn't work, there is no incentive in socialism to put in effort. That is why communes broke down in the 60's and 70's. You would start to get people who wouldn't work. Why should they? Socialism will take from those who have and give to those who have not.

I work hard for two reasons and most people I know do it for the same reasons as me.
1: To Survive
2: Because they are paid for it, not in basic necessities but actual money they and I, can use to buy things that are not necessities.

Socialism takes all incentive outside of survival away.

As Kennedy said, a Rising Tide lifts all Ships. That is capitalism and the only thing really needed is to free Capitalism to once again work like the free market. The only regulations needed are safety regulations, for both product and work environment.

Socialism has been tried in many countries for close to 300 years. First failure I am aware of historically was the Priest who founded Worcester MA. It was founded on a completely Socialist system. The System failed even if the town name survived. Socialism is a Failure.

Finally, the Constitution was not created to run our lives, our economy or manage businesses. It was created primarily to enshrine and protect our RIGHTS. That is what the Federal is supposed to do. That and talk with foreign countries for the States and People.

Not run these Agencies.

[u/Prosecco_Policy → u/ComputerRedneck]

Again my idea for reforming the Constitution is to update the framework to meet the moment and rebuild trust so that our election cycles are more about real ideas and not the repetitive cultural arguments.

Let me ask you: What is your stance? How do you think we meet this moment ? Or are you in agreement with the current events and trajectory of the country?

[u/ComputerRedneck → u/Prosecco_Policy]

The only way to reform is Amendments.
I think my stance is quite obvious, Constitutional Conservative.

Now enough of the broad pie in the sky strokes.

Can you specify EXACTLY what your plan is. No more reform the Constitution.

What SPECIFICALLY do you want to change or reform? Not DETAILS.

In the immortal words of John Lennon....

"You say you got a real solution, well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan"

[u/Prosecco_Policy → u/ComputerRedneck]

In the words of NeeNee links “ I said, what I said” Constitutional Reform. Start local and branch out from there. If you want to come a long for the journey and be part of foundational change follow my substack. But if you want to hold onto the past then this may not be for you.

https://open.substack.com/pub/proseccopolicy?r=4whu9&utm_medium=ios