> Clearly true. My theory is that the federal system was designed to be in deadlock, and therefore nonproducing, 95% of the time. Argue and argue but nothing should ever get done, except in a time of genuine emergency. I think we would a whole lot better off if it was. The efficiency of the legislature we have now seems to cause a lot more problems than it solves. Indeed, the legislature was supposed to be a hindrance to swift passage of laws. That was to make sure they were important enough to work hard to achieve. It was also supposed to be part time, not the permanent nightmare swamp it is.