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2005-10-03 Iraq

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Posted by Threang Uliting5545 2005-10-03 10:06|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Many people are disturbed by the concept of governmental "gridlock", because they are working under a basic, though false, assumption:

"Government is supposed to DO stuff. Change stuff. Make things happen. Innovate."

The US government was actually designed to minimize how much stuff government could do. Ever. To make passing new laws and regulations *difficult*, not easy. To *prevent* government from running off madly in all directions. To *stop* somebody's "really good idea" from being implemented before the Darwinistic hyenas of contention had their way with it.

To make passing a law as unpleasant as having a tooth pulled. Ironically, that's a *good* thing.

Gridlock means that the *people* are saying that they don't want a whole lot of radical change. That there is *no* mandate for change for anyone. That, for better or worse, the *people* prefer that nothing be done, rather than something be done with minimal consensus.

Certainly, the people may be wrong, but that is their choice in a real democracy.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-03 11:13|| 2005-10-03 11:13|| Front Page Top

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