The problem frankly is with your assumption (presumption?) that government is meant to be efficient. I'm not being facetious. A democracy is not supposed to be

The problem frankly is with your assumption (presumption?) that government is meant to be efficient. I'm not being facetious. A democracy is not supposed to be 'efficient'. If all parties cannot agree, then something does not pass as law. That is the point of democracy. Democracy is not a business. Look at Switzerland, what a mess of inefficiency that is as a government, yet what a democracy.