Can elected politicians even do the basics anymore?

It’s a fair question as one who worries about the basics, like home security (not the D.C. term) but our home. Or public education about geography given the recent example from the Carolina follow-up which declares she’s a really good student. How could public education produce such a poor student? How could Dora the Explorer kids get Chinese lead in their American bodies? How could my dumb dog die from food purchased at any grocery store. How could I be executed by an illegal immigrant murderer still free in New Jersey?

Doing the basics takes money. It’s how to spend the money that will get most citizens attention…since we are in charge. And the basics are so important to American culture.