Let's just face it, extremely large and complex systems are unwieldy and unpredictable. You have incredible technical and regulatory debt, and eventually you ne

Let's just face it, extremely large and complex systems are unwieldy and unpredictable. You have incredible technical and regulatory debt, and eventually you need to start from scratch whether you like it or not. You don't have to scrap the whole project, but you do need to rethink every part. This system will collapse. It's too big, too mean, and too proud. > I work with people who have been working policy for over 40 years. And in the words of Thomas Jefferson: > "Unless the mass [of people] retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own oppression ..." > "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." > "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." > "A people always preserves the right to revise, reform and change its constitution. A generation is not entitled to subject future generations to its own laws." And to recap the current Federal Government: 1) The masses do not sufficiently control it. The representation per population has decreased and most politicians do not reflect the mosaic of the people but are a class of people on their own. 2) Americans are generally ignorant. Of others and themselves. Whether this is by design or by accident is up for debate. 3) The FED wants to pass extremely personal laws. Whether its for health or for safety, they all take up some of your personal responsibility, and hand it over. The War on Terror and Drugs are examples of the State declaring the right to protect you even against yourself. 4) How many reforms or repeals of laws do we see? How many new laws do we see? We should be reviewing and reforming old laws more than making new ones. Again we see another example of the Federal Government going against it's constitutional framer's vision for a free society. I don't know about you, but I think the US is already a tyrannical oligopoly. Only instead of the bludgeon, it's weapon of oppression is apathy and propaganda.