An editorial opinion: Brother Franco
A PIZZAONIAN PERSPECTIVE
Government and other stuff
I am often asked if we have no official government in Pizzaonia how can we be sure we have a democracy. A good question if you are not familiar with our ways.
We have two legislative branches like you – a 492 seat Congress and a 50 seat Senate. There is one major difference, all of our Representatives and Senators are volunteers.
Many critics are quick to point out that this can lead to control by the powerful who are always too ready to protect their interest. We did think of that, so we created term limits. Our volunteers can only serve two weeks every five years. And, yes, we always have more volunteers than positions to fill.
I am often asked why two weeks and not longer? Good question and the answer is we had the same problem here as you do in the United States. Our wealthy citizens and powerful corporate interest always attempt to buy our officials.
It was clear we could not stop this and still remain a democracy – free speech and stuff like that. If you have any question about this just ask your Supreme Court.
So we did the obvious. By changing our volunteer officials every two weeks and limiting their service to every five years, it just became too expensive for even our rich to buy them all.
One valid criticism of our system is the question how much can your government get done with so many turnovers? The answer is obvious – very little.
However, here is the good news – big government is always more efficient when it cannot get much done. From our vantage point in Pizzaonia it seems that you Americans are in the process of finding out the same thing.
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