So ... do any of you follow politics? One of the two major parties has given up on governing the country, and has not done so for ten years. This 'grand' old party seems to be toying with the idea of giving up on Democracy next. And we are confused as to why the DC Metro system cannot be fixed??
Here's a tip: Fix that party, and you will find that suddenly the DC Metro has money to fix the automatic braking system.
For how expensive the US is. No they don't have enough. (And yes, on top of it they are likely not the best in the mass transit game. As it's simply not a priority in the US anywhere else either.)
> ...ramming through a purely partisan agenda via reconciliation and changing the rules when they don’t like the outcome of the game.
You can say this regardless of which party you consider to be the "other" party, except that one party started it a long time ago. Because obstructionism has been the name of the game for so long, these tactics have become necessary in order to get anything done. It's a perfectly rational response to how the rules of the game have changed, IMO.