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The second part is just my own bullshit, but yes. I think that we want to be able to point to someone and say that it's their fault. I think that's why we don't

The second part is just my own bullshit, but yes. I think that we want to be able to point to someone and say that it's their fault. I think that's why we don't care who our representatives are. We don't see them as being directly responsible for what happens. Even if I'm wrong, more representatives will mean more bureaucracy, which means slower governing.

danieltillett 11y ago
If you could personally call up and speak to your representative and they had to speak to you in person to get elected then I think you would be happier. You could at least hold them responsible for their actions and your vote would count much more for them than it does now. I don’t see how having more representatives will increase bureaucracy. We would basically shift from having one representative with 19 staff to having 20 representatives with no staff. The net cost should be zero.
- such_a_casual 11y ago
  It's my own bullshit, but I just think that when something comes up like a drug company raising the price of aid's meds from $13.50 per tablet to $750 that we want the ability to point to a single person and be like, "this is your fault. you are supposed to be making sure this kind of stuff doesn't happen." Right now, no one is held responsible. You can't blame the people who run the company. They're just trying to make money like the rest of us. They're following the law. Just my opinion. > I don’t see how having more representatives will increase bureaucracy. For the same reason a dictator is the most efficient form of government. It's just how governing works.
  - danieltillett 11y ago
    Dictatorships have a massive problem with bureaucracy. They have all the normal bureaucrats and then on top of this they need another whole set to watch the first set. Lean government and dictatorship are not concepts that readily go together.

danieltillett 11y ago

If you could personally call up and speak to your representative and they had to speak to you in person to get elected then I think you would be happier. You could at least hold them responsible for their actions and your vote would count much more for them than it does now. I don’t see how having more representatives will increase bureaucracy. We would basically shift from having one representative with 19 staff to having 20 representatives with no staff. The net cost should be zero.

such_a_casual 11y ago
It's my own bullshit, but I just think that when something comes up like a drug company raising the price of aid's meds from $13.50 per tablet to $750 that we want the ability to point to a single person and be like, "this is your fault. you are supposed to be making sure this kind of stuff doesn't happen." Right now, no one is held responsible. You can't blame the people who run the company. They're just trying to make money like the rest of us. They're following the law. Just my opinion. > I don’t see how having more representatives will increase bureaucracy. For the same reason a dictator is the most efficient form of government. It's just how governing works.
- danieltillett 11y ago
  Dictatorships have a massive problem with bureaucracy. They have all the normal bureaucrats and then on top of this they need another whole set to watch the first set. Lean government and dictatorship are not concepts that readily go together.