I think this is right. There's the political aspect -- it's hard to convince people of something's merits if it is too complicated. There's also the democrati

I think this is right. There's the political aspect -- it's hard to convince people of something's merits if it is too complicated. There's also the democratic aspect -- people must, to the greatest extent possible, understand the core functions of their government. It's easy to ignore simplicity in the drive for efficiency. One can go too far the other way, though. Sometimes problems are both too big to ignore and don't have known, simple, efficient, and effective solutions. It's also easy to ignore efficiency or effectiveness in a drive for simplicity, and end up either not solving the problem or solving it at too great a cost.