Do you think it's time for America to ditch the party system

[Pat Mustard]

Brits tried that for a couple of hundred years. To get anything passed massive bribes had to be paid, along the lines of corrupt men being appointed as chief taxcollectors for England, Ireland and Scotland; with all the skimming they could manage.

Eventually the system coalesced into today's Westminster.

Like bribes aren't being paid now. They just don't call them bribes.

Difference between then and now is that the bribes come from outside the system. It is companies and rich people bribing politicians now, not the leaders of the country as used to be.

And because of that it is possible to get rid of graft without breaking the whole system aunlike what they had to do in the past. Unfortunately for the US there are other problems with the system which mean a full redo from start is neccessary.