[anigbrowl]

I want to agree. But my home country (Ireland) has PR, and where I live (in the bay area) local elections are run with PR, and I've lived in 2 other countries that use different forms of it (NL and Spain). I think it's a good thing, but it's no silver bullet. You can still have corruption and bad policy, unfortunately.

[stretchwithme]

PR is not a silver bullet. It only gives you a choice, something we don't have at the moment. You still have to make good choices.

Even silver bullets won't kill the werewolf if you don't shoot straight.

[stretchwithme]

Leaving as many things as possible with the individual or at the local level is a good remedy for corruption.

Especially when people can actually leave a city or state for a different one or start their own. They have this is Switzerland, as well as the requirement that many actions of the legislature be approved of by referendum.

So it takes several things to prevent corruption.

Oh, I'm Irish too. My mom is from Clare. Got my passport too.