Think about it everyone is an individual; everyone is different and all have slightly different needs.

Congress has about 534 Representatives and about 110 Senators (i forget the numbers exactly) for well over 250 million people . . .

There is just no way Government can represent the people; to suggest it can even try is just smoke and mirrors propaganda ! ! !

Add to this mix Americans are the most self obsessed, neurotic and paranoid society on the planet and you have a guaranteed recipe for disaster ! ! !

I am not American but regularly visit, every day almost I see people to dumb to put a helmet on their head riding a motorcycle. Regularly I am constantly amazed and sometimes even ask some Americans after speaking with them about some sort of general knowledge stuff which direction Canada or Mexico is located.

While I have not traveled extensively It is just always surprising I can find a collection of people so clueless ! ! !

I am not trying to be nasty; but many of America's problems can be traced back to America trying to compete globally without insular protectionism : )

/ hugz ; )

ADDITIONAL : I just looked this up . . .

Congress has 535 voting members: 435 Representatives and 100 Senators. The members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms representing the people of a single constituency, known as a "district".