Nas broAgree with your first para completely. Second para is where we could have some differences. I do think that the government shouldn’t be everywhere like it is prevalent in US, but I also don’t want the radical idea of stripping every power the government has other than the bare essential items. Socialism is a good concept and so is Capitalism; what we need is mix of both; if any one idea dominates other it becomes a doctrine.

As for the governance model, as long as we have the checks and balances everybody mentioned in the former posts, I like the French model. Here the president has exclusive rights as long as his party has the majority. If Prachanda gets elected president and UML wins the majority then his power will be limited; otherwise he will exercise exclusive powers..but then you can argue that the people gave him the mandate..for 4 years.

Totally against Westminster model; name one PM who has served full term since the “Democracy” came. We have seen this happening in India too; political parties are too busy “compromising” and pleasing other parties that they forget about people. Agree with Sidster.