if you can find someone you trust to explain Bitcoin to you, I'd imagine you can find someone you trust to explain US fiscal policy to you That seems very opti

if you can find someone you trust to explain Bitcoin to you, I'd imagine you can find someone you trust to explain US fiscal policy to you That seems very optimistic to me. The fiscal policy in Bitcoin boils down to a few small chunks of logic; block rewards, difficulty settings, transaction fees. Those are relatively easy to explain even to a non-techie. And the resulting policy is definitive. It doesn't quietly change. All changes are broadcasted to everybody, and anyone who cares can stay up-to-date. The US fiscal policy is not only infinitely more complex, it might also have quietly changed before you even finished explaining it to me... "learn (or pay someone) to code, and then persuade every money-holder to accept your code" and "receive your ballot in the mail, cast your vote for the politician whose money policy you like". To me the former is a pull-request on github, with open discussion and a realistic chance to get merged. The latter a symbolic gesture, hoping to bring someone in power who might perhaps hopefully one day implement a change that is at least similar to what I had in mind.