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When the country was founded, the population was small. In comparison to the population today, it was minuscule. At that time, the amount of land that we covered was small. And communication took a while cause there weren't any of the modern conveniences that we have today. The press wasn't live and in color. Nothing was the way it is now. The population of New York City was under 30,000. It stayed under 100,000 until the 1820s. Now the population of NYC is well over eight million and counting. What's my point? Why do I keep talking about the founding of the government and the population? Well, I have an idea.

I think that the population's growth has surpassed the governments ability to govern effectively. If we ignore the corruption and controversy. If we forget about the corporation's owning politicians. If we simply focus on what the government is for, and how well it's doing it's job, you can plainly see that it's doing it's job. Slowly. Why? Why can't the government get things done? Why are the politicians so busy doing other things? I think that a good way to look at it, is to look at the beginning and see what's different.

As we established in the beginning, the population was a great deal smaller. Less people means less homes, businesses, roads, etc. This along with the smaller population would mean there was less to govern. Giving the politicians more time to do their job, which is listen to the people. So, it was easier to get yourself heard. There was more time to devote to your cause and therefore, you got what you wanted in a timelier manner. If someone today wanted to get anything done in the government, it would almost be out of the question. We need another tier of government.

The most basic setup of the Government is every city has it's governing body, then from there it's a County Government, then the State Government, and the Federal Government. The difference between State and Federal is abrupt. I believe that if we were to place another tier between State and Federal it would take a considerable burden off of Washington. If there were, for instance, a Regional Government. Then the Senators and House Members from each state would meet at the Regional levels, and then representatives of the region would go, in our behalf, to DC. Also, if the Regional Government were handling things that the states handled, for example, the international and state highlways. When you do this, everything goes with it. The overhead, the oversight committees, the employees themselves.

I know that the government would still cost the same, and perhaps more. And I know that we as Americans really like instant results. But I believe if this were put into effect. If things began to actually get done. Perhaps we would all actually be able to afford the tax that was required to achieve it. If there were functioning public transit, and cheaper alternative modes of transportation. If the minimum wage didn't put you in the poor house. If everything worked, I think it would be an improvement.