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WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM <br />DAVID BRODER'S BOOK <br />"DEMOCRACY DERAILED" <br />The initiative and referendum were, <br />a century ago, thought to be a way to <br />introduce more democracy into <br />government, but the experience since <br />then has proven that to have been a <br />big mistake. It has derailed democracy <br />instead of improving it. <br />It led to the development of a <br />lucrative initiative industry which makes <br />handsome profits firom helping special <br />interests get their initiatives passed. <br />It sells the ideas for special interest <br />legislation to monied interests, drafts <br />the language for proposals to be put on <br />the ballot, drafted so as to appeal to <br />voters. It collects the necessary <br /> <br />