I've dealt with more than my share of elected leaders and I suggest you do not assume that those in power are as smart as me. ;)Then according to democratic tradition you have a duty to stand against them. Act now or forever hold your peace.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
