An utterly ridiculous government.

I wouldn't hesitate to restructure our government. We Americans have an archaic system. Fashioned by 18th century thinkers. But we're living in the 21st century. And what we have isn't working anymore. Government doesn't function well. Because it was designed for the 18th century. In so many ways, we've modernized. Especially with new-fangled technology. But still, we insist on running government like before the industrial revolution and before our population swelled to once unimagined proportions. We have complex problems to deal with. But we insist on approaching them like simpletons. On values and precepts popular in the late 1700s. I have no qualms about honoring and revering our ancestors and founders. But by running government the way they did -- well, that's utterly ridiculous. --Jim Broede