Politicians are no smarter than anyone else. In fact, as a group I have found them to be anything but. That they are elected doesn't automatically confer genius on them, and unfortunately, the vast majority of those in government aren't even elected, yet they have as much power as the elected ones do.

Yet we continue to demand that they have more and more control over how we live our lives. Only difference between parties (especially in recent years) is a slight variation in what they would control.

Less-powerful government is better government. If you don't think corporations should have too much power, the same should be true of government.