The Two Party System is Best for America

Pro makes this statement, and it is far from the truth: "There are some things that I will need to correct for the young lad here. He says that 'There are many different ideologies that are possible that are not the ideologies of the GOP and DNC.' Well, you are wrong. " There has to be people with ideologies that aren't GOP conservatism or DNC liberalism. What about libertarians? They often vote GOP even though that isn't their ideology. What about people who are socially conservative and economically liberal? What do they do? Because the GOP and DNC control the system, these voters do not get the chance to have a politician that represents them best. Let me simplify the situation with an easy to understand analogy. Let's say McDonald's and Burger King worked together to make sure that no other fast food restaurant became popular. People would still have to buy from McDonald's and Burger King, and Burger King and McDonald's would still be rivals, but the situation wouldn't be fair to those who like Wendy's. There needs to be fair and good competition for the citizens of the United States of America to be properly represented. A third party needs at least 15% in certain national polls in order to even get in the main presidential debates (1). How's that fair? The reason they do not get 15% is because they never have been in the debates in previous years. My opponent also said something that startled me: "Because they know for a fact that they wanted this, but couldn't support it because of the times they were in." If this is true, then what else did our founding fathers lie about? My opponent appears to be saying that our founding fathers were frauds that had created America as a scheme. If that's the case, then it's another reason we should oppose the two party system. I do not believe that is the case, though. I believe our founding fathers were great men who would be opposed to many of the practices of government that we currently have. America was founded on the ideology of classical liberalism. It's the philosophy of small government and government that is controlled by the people. (Modern liberalism is the philosophy of the DNC, but that's not what I am talking about) Great philosophers like John Locke talked about the importance of a government that only does the will of its people. I believe these were smart men and I trust our founders. George Washing, our first President, was a great man as well. In fact, George Washington talked about the party system in his farewell address: "It serves to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration".agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one".against another".it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption"thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another." (2) Eliminating the two party system would eliminate some of the corruption in politics. We were warned about this, and we didn't listen. We chose simplicity over good government, and now it is biting us. I'm not talking just about the presidential election. I'm talking about congressional elections as well. It's a problem that will not be addressed because almost everyone in congress is a Republican or a Democrat. They aren't going to change anything unless it helps their parties. It's a struggle for power instead of a pursuit to govern the most fair and effective way. The two party system is corrupt, and we the people may need to start another revolution if it doesn't go away. Unfortunately, people are apathetic. They do not care because they do not want to take the effort to see what's making their lives bad. They just blindly vote for one of the two major parties, and they think nothing of it. If there were more options and no party labels, people would actually have to see what their representatives stand for. This is the republic I want. This is the republic our founders stood for. This is the republic that is best. Thank you for a nice debate! I encourage the voters to vote con. (1) http://www.cbsnews.com... (2) http://www.earlyamerica.com...