> We need governments that are a lot more responsive to bad policy You say this like someone who doesn't know that everything they value the government doing,

> We need governments that are a lot more responsive to bad policy You say this like someone who doesn't know that everything they value the government doing, or not doing, can be cast as 'bad policy' by someone who owns a think tank. > a much more fluid feedback system from the population I think California's Proposition system is illustrative here. And, therefore, California's current budgetary crisis. > Maybe this problem would be ameliorated if there were short term limits Then the power would shift out of the hands of elected representatives and into the hands of unelected party bosses, because the elected officials wouldn't be able to develop the real-world experience needed to navigate the halls of power on their own.