I believe the greatest failure of the American political system was the very slow respond for the victims of hurricane Katrina. It took several days for these victims to receive little if any help which resulted in the lost of many lives. With America being one of if not the wealthiest countries in the world, one would come to the conclusion that help should have come faster than it did. I do not understand how this country can go off to other counties to help and when its own needs them, it takes twice as long if not longer. This hurricane destoryed lives and also the well known city of New Orleans.
The cause of this failure is because the American political system has become so corrupted that those in office have forgotten the people who elected them to do their jobs and when those people are in need of the help of the politicians there was no help at least until after several days had past, in this situation. The American society has been consumed by greed and power, and has lost its sense of compassion and caring for others. Even after a year has pass there are still victims in need of help. Our political system is so involved in arguing over issues and where money should go for these victims; most have stopped thinking of the victims and has resulted in very little help being provided.