As I agree 100%, we can hang up the idea of returning to basic principles this country was founded. Humans aren't smart enough, ambitious enough or tolerant enough as a whole to take on more self governization in a population this size. You can promote self responsibility which is done more by the conservatives than the liberals. But you won't ever achieve what we had back in 1776. Europe will love us about 50 years from now as we continue to model our form of government after their's.