1. Throughout the history of this website, case after case is made that the gov’t is not here to represent the people in the process of participating in gov’t. Instead of looking out for the average citizen, gov’t takes on the role of limiting competition. Imagine how good American products and services would be without competition. If you own the only business in town, and no one else can compete, it provides almost no motivation to provide better service, save that you may get worn out by being yelled at by angry customers. Gov’t officials have no interest in letting the voices of average citizens be heard.

2. @Craig: “gov’t takes on the role of limiting competition”. True. Idaho does not have a direct democracy. One of 17 states which does not, if my memory is correct. We have a “legislatively referred” democracy.

   The citizens initiative process was already very difficult to clear to bring an initiative to ballot. And that was BEFORE the Legislature came back and added to their previous requirements what are now nearly impossible hurdles to clear. Their ruse (which they called their basis) was to keep “clutter” off the ballot. An absurd basis, since an historical review of the number of citizens initiatives making it to the Idaho disproves it.

   What these impossible hurdles have done, in just one anecdotal example–eliminate CP-Idaho’s initiative to restructure the so-called Idaho Rainy Day Fund. CP-Idaho voted at state convention to push this forward, a long shot under the previous requirements. But now, it is an exclusive multi-millionaire’s club. We simply lack the resources.

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