That is how the Founding Fathers intended American government to function.

The idea was that there would be no political class or politician position as an occupation, since they envisioned the people would elect men from society who were so successful as private citizens, they would actually have to take a personal loss to serve the nation as their duty, and as such they would strive to change the things that needed to be changed and solved the immediate crises as expediently as possible and get back to their private lives spent enriching the nation's economy.

Needless to say, we are completely off-track now.

RON PAUL 2012