Although politicians believe they are doing the right thing by not giving in to the demands of the opposing party, what they are actually doing is creating a wider gap between the two parties which in return does not allows nothing to be accomplished (Berg, 2007). So all the problems in the welfare system are not solved because no new laws are put in place to help change any of the problems. Republicans believe that less welfare will be more affective than implementing more services as Democrats want (Berg, 2007). Since the ideological gap is so large between the two political parties, there is no middle ground for discussion due to this gap. This is the biggest