[Ruiceara]

The only way to fix it may be to starve it to death and begin anew.

If that's true, then the people advocating starving it should also be willing to advocate taking it behind the barn and shooting it.

For the most part, they don't object to what the government is doing, they are merely objecting that they are expected to pay for it. They expect to get something for nothing.

That is naiive. The representation system here is so screwed up that this government can hardly be called "ours." It is effectively under the ownership of whoever draws the disctricts.

And if they suspended elections tomorrow, it would still be our government. Government can only operate with the consent-- or at least, the acquiescence-- of the people. If our people are leaning more towards the latter than the former, you can hardly blame the government for that.