It requires a consistent institutional commitment from Congress and the executive branch, across administrations and periodic shifts in party control.

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Disempowering the periodic winners, from whichever side, in the increasingly expensive battle to control the levers of government is the only non-partisan approach that strikes directly at the root of the business model of politics a business model based on endless bouts of expansive legislation.

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In Israel's case, the blockade of Gaza - which, under the control of Hamas, refuses to accept Israel's right to exist while launching periodic rocket attacks -- is a perfectly legitimate security move.

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