> so the compromises are less ideal Such is the nature of democracy and all design by committee, accept it, it's better than the alternative: dictatorship. >

> so the compromises are less ideal Such is the nature of democracy and all design by committee, accept it, it's better than the alternative: dictatorship. > than a more pragmatic approach Forcing more pragmatic approaches would require dictatorship and thus is simply not the correct measure to be looking at. > If I had the financial independence to run for Congress, I absolutely would.. That wouldn't make any difference, there'd still be a committee and the resulting solutions will never be the more pragmatic ones.