just desserts

I hate the idea we may have gotten the government we deserve.   The farce playing out in the House of Representatives today, the continuing gong show (RIP Chuck Barris) that is the White House and all the major and minor cruelties being visited on the American people by their "representatives" would seem to prompt the question why do we deserve this.  I understand that most people, especially younger parents have little time and inclination to sift through the daily stream of politics.  Unfortunately, the price of citizenship is vigilance and on that score the American public has been pretty myopic of late.  Lulled by the constant barrage of wingnut sponsored propaganda we have somehow ceded the levers of political power to a bunch of dim-witted lunatics who threaten the very idea of self governance.  The repeal of the ACA is the perfect example of this dysfunction.  Not only is the AHCA, the monstrosity they came up with after 8 years cruel and stupid, it doesn't even do what they touted.  After trumpeting it would reduce the deficit, the latest iteration done to please the knuckle draggers of the freedom caucus,  would barely reduce the 20 billion deficit by a rounding error.  These are the people we are entrusting our children's future to?