glen e. p. ropella wrote:
My suggestion is that the problem is
with the way government accumulates (or aggregates).
Ok, like the nature of the legislative process or what is constitutional.
E.g. perhaps if state government was a direct, "natural", cumulative
consequence (and _only_ a direct consequence) of city and county
government, it would still exist as a big government, recognizable and
identifiable, but then perhaps there would be many fewer "loopholes",
nooks and crannies in the regulation and law through which its
co-evolutionary population (us humans) could fit.
I expect capable, intelligent managers are a subset of the population.
If a local government represents too small of a region, there won't be
competent people available to run things. I've seen plenty of
incompetence and outright corruption in local governments too.
Allowing for some expensive mistakes (and expensive successes) may
encourage people to pay attention and engage -- they have something on
the line.
Marcus
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