Let's elect a king.

State governments are asking for federal money left and right. And as if that's not enough, now cities are asking for money too. Here's an idea, less government. If you can't afford so many services and wealth redistribution systems, then cut some of them. Most of these states were running deficits during the best of times, never bother to save money, or plan for the future, and they will all do the same again. There in lies the main benefit with a king. A king is in it for the long haul. Maybe when he's very old, he may lose sight of long term goals, but certainly when he is young he would be better able to prioritize and not mortgage the future for the president. Elected officials have no insentive. They want to give the people everything possible right now so they can get re-elected. It's the same thing now. If their state/city runs up a huge deficit, that looks bad for the politicians in charge, but if DC bails them out, and then there's a huge federal deficit, well that's not their fault. The entire system has become way too bloated with government spending at every level. It's a good thing we don't have a president and congress coming in that have vowed to vastly increasing government programs. At least on the plus side they will cut taxes on 95% of americans. There's a good plan, that worked out really well for bush, cutting taxes while increasing the size of the federal government. A king wouldn't have that temptation because he would realize that he would have to pay the piper some day, whereas politicians figure they won't be around when the piper has to be paid anyway.