Checks and Balances

I have always been a bit skeptical about the claim that the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Federal government work to offer a system of checks and balances. But being here in Iceland, where there is no such system in place, my appreciation for how well the U.S. system works to keep such a huge country basically on task is increasing. Iceland is a small, friendly society, so if things get a wee out of hand, it can be dismissed as mostly exciting and refreshing. But if this were to happen on a larger scale, holy cow, watch out world.

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