In agreement on the POTUS being an "elected king". My instinct is to downsize go...

In agreement on the POTUS being an "elected king". My instinct is to downsize government rather than increase independence from the exec.

In terms of realism I'd say our suggestions rank as:

   1. Increase executive power (current trend)
   2. Your suggestion
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   X. decrease size of gov