I'm a pessimist on this particular matter. I observe that our Congress is nearly totally corrupt, in other words, bought and sold. It takes some time to set up and make functional channels of bribery, blackmail, coercion, charitable contributions, etc. and those are the funding sources for our Senators and Legislators. Even an honest politician probably succumbs after a few years just due to his proximity to the constant temptation. One term anything is a solution. The bribers and manipulators have to start all over again to get their Congressman in their pocket. It is the initial inertia in any endeavor that is difficult to overcome. We put the crooks back at step one at every election. Of course, if, like currently, we don't prosecute the ones that are caught, "too big to prosecute," like banks and "too big to fail," then our system of justice is a failed system. Couple that with torture, electronic eavesdropping, constant war as good business, Military Justice for renditioned (kidnapped), tortured inmates at Guantanamo, judicial harrassment of journalists (Julian Assange), ad infinitum and it is a serious indictment of the status quo. It's past time to do something!