It is crazy. Do you know how many bills are proposed each year? Forget about all the other stuff that goes into being a politician. Just trying to read all the bills would take more time than anyone is given in a day.
It’s easy for you or someone else that’s honed in on one issue to know a lot, because you’re not trying to deal with 100 other bills and issues at the same time.
I’m not making excuses for them, but it’s not as simple and time free as the general public thinks.
As to voting Republican or Democrat. Don’t be a fool and vote for a party. That’s the first mistake. Vote for the person. Each party is full of people that just don’t get it. In the Republican party, for example, it’s splintered now between original libertarian type Republicans and the new fiscally irresponsible Republicans (see G.W. Bush).
Look for candidates that don’t just throw their vote along party lines, but look like they actually think first. Also, don’t get fooled into voting for Congress candidates based on their own personal views on things like abortion. Why? Because abortion is legal and if it ever becomes illegal, it will be the Supreme Court that came to action and not your local Senator or Representative.
When one party is in power, our country becomes an Oligarchy. Voting all the Republicans out won’t help if we vote all the Democrats in. We need checks and balances to keep a sane system of government.
Well, I could go on all night. That’s plenty. 