I'd actually argue that the US should be broken into several countries. Unfortunately our government has become broken. It was designed that left and right would negotiate and end up somewhere in the middle. Now its which ever party has the most power pushes and allows only its agenda. So there is no middle, only F'd up Right and Left wing ideologies.
If the DOJ, FBI, and CIA, and all other local, state, and federal agencies enforced our laws fairly and equally I really feel our country would be a much better place because it would be operated by more people that were not crooks or self serving bastards.
I would like to see a law passed that ANY Congressman or any other State or Federal official that if it can be proven that they intentionally lied to the American people can be prosecuted and removed from office. If you don't know, you say you don't know, do not make facts up. Ok, so we have a free press, they can say what they want. But, public officials LIE all the time, they know the real facts and still alter them and LIE to us intentionally. If you are being paid by the American people to serve America, how should it be legal to LIE, LIE, LIE. Lies influences so many things. Yes, it would be tough to enforce, but should your freedom of speech include lies to the American public to help big pharma because of the dollars they pump in to the political system? Should it be OK, to intentionally LIE to the American public and intentionally grossly misstate the facts to get a bill thru? Or get elected? The free press use to help keep law makers more honest and use to do a better job of exposing the lies, now they are in bed with the politicians. All we have is LIES. We have NOTHING in place today to protect us from LIES, not the DOJ, FBI, the free press, nothing. Anything goes under "freedom of speech". Well, a CEO, CFO, University President, etc....they all eventually get fired over LIES. Today in Washington? Nope....great rewards exist to look the American people in the eye and intentionally LIE and mistate the facts while on the taxpayer's dime. The supporters of each candidate is ok with them lying just to get elected. We have to protect ourselves from ourselves and force all public servants to be HONEST. It is your JOB to be truthful to the American people because that is what they are paying you for, it should not be considered protected as free speech. Words should count when it comes out of Politicians mouths. Shut down all the leaks, shut down all the lies, basically STFU and go to work for the American people and when we have a question that involves your job and our lives, you better tell us the truth or you are going to be prosecuted and go to jail, they are the biggest public trust we have, they should be held to the highest standards and accountability. They get great medical care and they win one election they get a lifetime retirement, the least they can do is to be honest, and it is not that hard to do, easier to tell the truth than to keep track of all your lies and to cover yourself all the time. Telling the truth is not hard, not hard at all.