Re: A better solution would be decentralization of power
It all sounds pretty good to me. One of my favorite parts of L. Neil Smith's "Probability Broach" was their approach to government. The central government was almost nonexistent. Congress convened only for emergencies, and only if enough people voted to convene it. It met somewhere in a seedy town in the Midwest, designed to be as uncomfortable as possible.
I have heard it said that the collapse of our nation towards massive government power really began when someone invented air conditioning for Washington, D.C.