Originally posted on my private blog April 22nd, 2008.It seems that the two major parties simply see-saw back and forth on domestic issues: the republicans want to reduce the role of government and the democrats to expand it. While so much effort is being expended on this futile struggle, actually improving the systems we do have seems to never get enough attention. This leaves us with mediocre systems that are highly inefficient, but I have a way to exploit this to bring about more bipartisanship. When systems are made more efficient, a fraction of the money saved would go towards extending services and the rest could go towards tax cuts. The exact ratio would vary from area to area and would be a point of serious contention, but if structured that way it would change the nature of the debate as you can only haggle over what to do with your efficiency gains after they've been achieved.
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