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Government

Aug. 25, 2017

Why must we have political parties?

There was a time in this nation’s history when there were no political parties.

Mark B. Simowitz

Mark B Simowitz APC

Personal injury

591 Camino De La Reina Ste 525
San Diego , CA 92108-3139

Phone: (619) 525-9998

Fax: (619) 873-4077

Email: mark@simowitz.com

California Western School of Law

Mark is a personal injury attorney in San Diego.

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I am fed up with the inability of Congress to get things done. It appears to me that good legislation either gets blocked or watered down because partisans on both sides of the aisle vote their political agenda rather than their heartfelt convictions.

It wasn’t always this way. There was a time in this nation’s history when there were no political parties. In fact, George Washington belonged to no party when he was sworn into office ...

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