The US state of California, which has become increasingly dysfunctional since a 1978 popular referendum capped property taxes, can attest to that. Nor is it an answer to demand hasty enactment of legislation in the face of a threat to cause public disorder by starving oneself to death, as Anna Hazare has done.
当然，代议制政府有时的确反应迟钝，特别是在选举间歇期的时候，但直接民主却并非解决之道。1978年美国加州举行的物业税征收限额全民公投导致州政府运转失灵加剧就是明证。像安纳·赫扎尔那样以绝食扰乱公共秩序并胁迫仓促通过立法也绝非解决之道。