Reply #334: Your right of self-deterimation and self-governence must be Constitutional [View All]

[krispos42]

And politics does sometimes keep the "best" solution to a particular problem from being instituted. Fanatical adherence to abstract political idealology keeps marijuana illegal, the War on Drugs an endless drain on our economy, budget, and society, keeps universal single-payer healthcare in the distant future, taxes the middle-class and deficit-spends for the benefit of the rich... you get the idea.

There are hundreds of thousands of cities, states, provinces, counties, and nations that have, are, and will continue to struggle with violence and murder and crime. The obligation of the DC (or indeed, any) government is to look at what they have been doing to constantly re-evaluate if a) it's working, and b) if there's a way it can be done better. b) includes looking at other governments facing similar problems and seeing if they have any ideas that worked well, or worked badly.