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These kinds of comments are a strong signal that we haven't matured enough to actually target the real cause of waste, fraud, and abuse yet, because people are still stuck in R vs. D.

Both corporations have been looting the American taxpayer, and the best we can ever come up with is partisan hackery.

This will never get resolved.

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Two people enter the room, one with muddy shoes and the other covered head to toe with mud. The one with mud all over them yells "I'm not dirty! You're dirty!" and then proceeds to defecate on the rug, smear it on the walls, and then grabs a beer from your fridge and crash on the couch. By the time you get around to confronting them, they look at you incredulously and say, "See, look what a disaster this place is! That other guy has got mud on his shoes!"

Technically you're right, they're both part of the problem.

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