Here in the United States our political system consists of two major political organizations that are referred to as political parties. These two parties are known as the Democratic party and the Republican party. They each have their own symbol to differentiate them from each other. The symbol of the Democratic party is the Donkey while the symbol of the Republican party is the Elephant. While they are 2 different animals, they were created by the same cartoonist, Thomas Nast.
While there is much speculation that both of these parties are completely different, there is evidence that they are indeed similar in respect to some of the social as well as political issues that they support. While maintaining the appearance that they are …show more content…
Both the Republican and Democratic parties share many similarities that transcend over to how they create and handle legislation. For example, both parties allow the Federal Reserve to operate as an independent government agency allowing them to make our countries monetary decisions without ever having to be scrutinized by either the President or any other elected official of either of the other two branches of government. Both parties are largely backed by special interest and corporate groups who contribute to their campaigns to help them get elected in return for favors later on down the road. They both also love to negotiate by slipping "pork" into legislation in the hopes of getting their agenda passed which in turn keeps their contributors happy. Both parties are private, not for profit corporations which are in no way associated with our Federal Government and neither of them are mentioned in the Constitution of the United States. Both parties are responsible for our National debt that now stands at 18 trillion dollars and also for the United …show more content…
The subject of adoption has also come under fire from both sides as well. Democrats are heavily in favor of allowing same sex couples adopt and raise children while Republicans find this wrong because of their heavy Christian beliefs. They feel that children should be raised in a home with a mother and a father, which equates to a man and a
While there is much speculation that both of these parties are completely different, there is evidence that they are indeed similar in respect to some of the social as well as political issues that they support. While maintaining the appearance that they are …show more content…
Both the Republican and Democratic parties share many similarities that transcend over to how they create and handle legislation. For example, both parties allow the Federal Reserve to operate as an independent government agency allowing them to make our countries monetary decisions without ever having to be scrutinized by either the President or any other elected official of either of the other two branches of government. Both parties are largely backed by special interest and corporate groups who contribute to their campaigns to help them get elected in return for favors later on down the road. They both also love to negotiate by slipping "pork" into legislation in the hopes of getting their agenda passed which in turn keeps their contributors happy. Both parties are private, not for profit corporations which are in no way associated with our Federal Government and neither of them are mentioned in the Constitution of the United States. Both parties are responsible for our National debt that now stands at 18 trillion dollars and also for the United …show more content…
The subject of adoption has also come under fire from both sides as well. Democrats are heavily in favor of allowing same sex couples adopt and raise children while Republicans find this wrong because of their heavy Christian beliefs. They feel that children should be raised in a home with a mother and a father, which equates to a man and a