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has come to be managed by a handful <br />of people, and has come to be financed <br />by big money in many places where it is <br />used. With paid signature gatherers, <br />and with enough money, anyone can <br />buy access to the ballot. <br />The initiative process oversimplifies <br />everything, typically reducing many <br />complex issues as though they could be <br />dealt with adequately by advertising <br />sound bites and sloganeering rather <br />than only by careful deliberation. <br />People then vote their own <br />personal interest on initiatives, rather <br />than considering what would be in the <br />public interest. If council members or <br />legislators would vote that way, voters <br />should throw the rascals out. <br />Good public policy is what is <br />needed. It can't be obtained by private <br />3, <br />