I have long believed the US is completely and utterly f'ked, and this thread has reinforced my opinion. Not because independents don't vote Republican, in fact I would be happy if none of them voted Republican if they did so for the right reason. There is one critical issue facing the US. Plenty of secondary issues but only one critical issue that can sink the country - the national debt. The debt now exceeds the GDP and the debt's growth rate outpaces the growth rate of the GDP even with historically low interest rates. It doesn't take a PhD in mathematics to figure out that this is unsustainable. Every voter regardless of party affiliation should lose plenty of sleep over this, but unfortunately only a handful of voters even seem to understand it.
So feel free not to vote for Republicans until all your cash savings are essentially monopoly money. It won't make any difference in the long-term until enough voters give the right answer on why they don't vote Republican. And that right answer is certainly not because they don't ululate with delight when Obama visits a mosque.
Last edited: Feb 10, 2016