where do we go from here/

We have a few mutual problems.
If we gang shag the things we can agree on they would be quickly solved.

Defeat of that first Amnesty Bill was a fluke but it was an example of what we can do united.

This election process is one of the problems.
Primaries should all be CLOSED and held on the same day.
Put some thought into a way to prevent crossover voting to meddle in the other parties primary choice.

We need some way to prevent stuffing ballot boxes & multiple voting even if we have to go around with purple thumbs!

We have the manpower and the media to do it right here at TH.
Won't cost you much to think about it.

Price of fuel?
Raising fuel costs raises the cost of manufacture and transportation of everything from the wheat to make your bread to the toilet paper you use disposing of the end product.

Some Nations have Government subsidized fuel and they will be where American jobs go.
The general inflation caused by fuel costs will indeed cause people on fixed income to loose homes or be unable to afford both food and medical expenses because the cost of everything will increase.
Government's own greed will cause some people who would otherwise be independent to be forced to seek Government assistence.

Out tax system is a mess and needs drastic modification. I am not sure I know enough about the European VAT system to make an intelligent comment on it. We need a way to end the huge tax advantage foreign companies have in American markets and keep more jobs in America.

We need a way to remove all tax from business and tax only the wealth created by the business.
The object is to encourage business owners to invest all surplus money back into the business so more businesses expand to hire more people.
More people with good industrial jobs means a larger tax base.

Sorry for wasting so much of your thread space.