>There's a reason that most (all?) democratic countries in the world are representative democracies, not direct democracies. We understand that running a country requires a lot of knowledge that the average doesn't have, so we let the people choose their representatives and expect those representatives to become educated about matters of state.
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>ROFL and LOL!!!! So our members of congress are much smarter than you are and are only looking out for what is in your best interest?
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I didn't say "smarter"; I said more knowledgeable. I suspect Congress is a mixed bag in terms of intelligence and knowledge. But there's no question in my mind that it's a lot easier for 535 people and/or their staffs to attain deep knowledge on a number of different issues than it is for 240 million adults to have that kind of knowledge.

As for looking out for the voter's best interests, that's a mixed bag, too. Our system, which requires raising crazy amounts of money, makes it really easy for elected officials to focus too much on getting re-elected and not enough on the people's business.

Tamar