Money and power

Based on how the news is presented to the American people, one could assume that the divide between the red and blue states is the reason for many of the problems in the country but that is misleading. Over the past forty years both parties have come under the thumb of lobbyist and campaign contributions by pacts. The result is that big oil controls energy, big pharma controls health care, Wall Street controls finance and the military industrial complex controls foreign policy. The voters think they are determining policy but in fact wealthy and powerful groups are running the country. The news people themselves are unknowingly being controlled by the 6 major companies that own 90% of the media. All of these groups come together in what is called the Washington swamp where most everything is decided. As long as the people think it is fighting between republicans and democrats that are the root of our problems the real issues go unnoticed and that is where we are today.