I was thinking about something like this about 15 years ago. Speaking to friends in politics, there feeling wasn't that people wouldn't grasp the issues themsel

I was thinking about something like this about 15 years ago. Speaking to friends in politics, there feeling wasn't that people wouldn't grasp the issues themselves, but rather that the long-term consequences of decisions often wouldn't be considered. This is a "rich" statement coming from politicians, but if you look at how easily people are influenced by media, you can probably see how this could go wrong very quickly. However, perhaps there is a solution that meets in the middle. Another issue of course is that commercial interests who in many cases would be able to (and already do) outbid the public.