[aceriscoolon]

The Constitution provides no mechanism by which the national government can represent the national interest. The House of Representatives represents local interests, the Senate represents state interests (it used to represent the interests of the state governments) and, because of the electoral college, the President ultimately has to kow-tow to the interests of particular states in order to be elected and he has no real power to propose legislation because he has to make deals that benefit particular states in order to gain the support of the Representatives and Senators from these states.

I would consider allowing the President to rule by decree, subject to the override of Congress with a 2/3 vote. But, this would not be practical without giving the President the power to lay and collect taxes so he could pay to enforce the laws he wants. This would make the government too complicated to function.

But, what if we gave the President the power to propose legislation that Congress would have to vote yes or no on without sending it to committee, without filibustering and without amendments? If the President knew that Congress had to answer to the national interests by voting his legislation up or down, he may be less likely to make any effort to placate Representatives and Senators of individual states hoping to gain their support.