JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has suggested that an independent candidate may be needed to fix the dysfunction within the two-party system, which he believes is caused by rampant partisanship, special interests, and overall ineffectiveness. Other Wall Street leaders, including former Starbucks CEO Howard Schulz and prominent investor Paul Tudor Jones, have expressed their dissatisfaction with the two parties' inability to effectively govern. Dimon also suggested that the national debt is approaching $39 trillion and threatened to destabilize the financial order. Meanwhile, Dimon warned that the U.S. fiscal trajectory was unsustainable and could cause a financial collapse in the near future. The Independent Center consistently shows that jobs, the economy and affordability are top of voters' concerns. However, political parties are not the ones to solve these problems, as they are the ones that got us into this mess. The article also notes that independent self-identification has reached an all-time high of 45 percent and that this year will mark the first time viable independent candidates are running for seats across the country.