Whose interest are you interested in?

So a friend recently brought up the fact that it's hard to have a democracy when all three branches of our "checks and balances" government are controlled by one party.  In this day and age, we realize that not all Republicans vote solely along Republican lines.  And the same holds true for Democrats.  He pointed out how each of the two major parties goes through great lengths to criticize and eventually discredit the other party.  So what we have is a war between two parties so desperately trying to convince the American public that their own policies are not only true and just, but if these policies are not followed, the destruction of "America, as we know it" will ensue. Take this message from my long time friend, Thomas Jefferson:   "If ever the earth has beheld a system of administration conducted with a single and steadfast eye to the general interest and happiness of those committed to it, one which, protected by truth, can never know reproach, it is that to which our lives have been devoted." --Thomas Jefferson   All entities, whether controlling or not...should be devoted to the system of holding general interest and happiness, and not to the interests of those wishing to exploit the majority of people who willingly give their lives for what they believe to be the greater good for all of humanity.