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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (129788)	2/5/2017 1:42:11 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 218660

I think your description of Israeli legislators could easily describe legislators in America, Canada, or any country. I suspect Israel being smaller afforded you a closer seat to the goings on. Having your own bill already written is an essential step to lobbying here as well. Legislators have no time for such things. George Washington despaired at how legislators in Washington DC had come to cater to special interests in return for consideration after he had left office. Thr members of the Continental Congress risked their lives being part of that Congress. But once being a Congressman or Senator became a desirable position the type of person serving changed quickly, or their behavior changed quickly to resemble the Privy Council of King George - to George Washington's despair. The system of checks and balances they created in setting up our government have proved the one reliable curb to the natural self-seeking and selfish behavior of humans - by checking them with equally venal and selfish people. Even more dangerous than the merely venal and corrupt are the "true believers" of the sort who took control during the French Revolution. They eventually fall victim to their own reign of terror, but that's of little comfort to the other members of society who suffer the chaos whether they want it or not. When conditions become chaotic enough, those with the ability to leave for elsewhere do so - and ît's rarely an easy transition. Switzerland has a very different system in which the legislators write the laws which can only be enacted by a national vote of the citizens - which is a lot of voting in the Fall. But for all its difference I can't say the Swiss are tremendously happier with the result than people in other nations are.