Larry Dighera wrote in message . ..
The founding fathers had faith in the will of the people; I hope we
haven't changed too much since 1776.

I'm not a political scientist, but actually I believe the founding
fathers didn't have much faith in the will of the general public...
and that's why we have a representative republic instead of a raw
democracy.

The founding fathers worried about the "tyranny of the majority",
which for pilots would indeed be much worse, as the majority of folks
would probably vote to shut down general aviation out of sheer
ignorance.

With a republic, minority views count, since (for one thing) we can
put pressure on our representatives, or even shout out our own views.

Just a sidenote. Thanks. Kev