More thoughts on the US Government GRADE ME

There are many time that the US Government is something that people find themselves blaming for their everyday problems. Some people are even prone to say (without thinking), "I wish that there as no government." I think that this would be slightly disastrous. Then what would we do? Blame ourselves? God Forbid...
So, while there may be some major flaws like corruption and some rather absurd amounted "campaign contributions," there will still be something wrong with the citizens as well. Like I mentioned in my critique of Nyla's first US Government blog, the citizens can have some major flaws and spend too much or not measure their money correctly or even get caught smoking pot and blame the government for their own folly. The media (run by citizens) is also something to be taken into consideration: they distort our view of the world, beauty, and politics every time we pass a TV set or see an ad hung in the grocery store. Views of the world (and politics) have seriously become a distorted issue here.
Another thing, Americans need to become more informed about... everything basically and actually try to RETAIN this information. So many people fall into scams, why? Because they are ill informed and decide to be ignorant to the fact that there are people of a less honorable caliber out there.
Other than that, the government party-wise really needs to get themselves together. A few months before he started his campaign, my very conservative mother was so pissed off at John McCain because he didn't meet the standards of the "better Republicans" as she put it. And all the political propaganda which she would get in the mail (the people who shared her ideals) were all less than happy with him as well because he was more liberal than they hoped a Republican could be on the Senate. All of a sudden though, he did a complete 360 and turned into a different breed of Republican, making my whole household wary of his affiliation and unsure that he would keep those ideals when he got into office. I wasn't as informed about Mr. Obama, but I heard some people complaining about him to a similar degree. The Republicans and Democrats (the two parties which basically run the country REALLY need to regroup and decide who wants what and what those people need to say. Citizens shouldn't have to guess all the time, we shouldn't walk around with giant question marks above our heads while politicians have (I REALLY hate to say this) some sort of "hidden agenda."
And, I know it's a stereotype of politicians to be liars and conniving, but it's a really bad stereotype which needs to be fought for the good of the country. Is this so hard to ask? Sure, you'll miss out on being in a position of power or getting a new boat or a vacation as a "gift" from a wealthy donor, but you'll be a good person. So far-fetched.