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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Simple answer
	Date:	7/23/2010 2:04:53 PM

You know MM, I read your response and I wondered one thing. Which state or local government would you hold up as a shining example of how things should be?
I've lived in a lot of towns and in 3 states now, and I've never seen much of anything out of state and local governments beyond corruption and idiocy. And a lot of greed to boot. So I'm am (sincerely) wondering, what state or local government could you point to saying using their model, we should leave all governence to the state and local level.

I've seen a lot of situations that were vastly improved with a face to face meeting. I would regularly see my engineers at absolute logerheads with industry, only to find common ground once we sat around the table. There would always be that magic "ah-so" moment. Maybe because of the confines of a small room, people figure out what it is that they actually disagree on, and sometimes it turns out to be a very small thing. Before they sit down, they seem to make assumptions and speculations about what the other guy is really intending or thinking, and may be totally false.

Why can't our elected officials do this? Because there is no one to make them. They are addicted to the sound bite, and making the assumption that they are appealing to their constituency, when in fact, their constituents would prefer that they shut up and do something.