What makes them excellent is the consideration of the consequences of implementing them.

If I'm looking to inspire a bunch of hopeless, desperate people, however, rather wild ideas might prove more effective. Ideas like - throwing out the tax code and replacing it with a national sales tax, for instance. Or I might play off people's prejudices and propose ending all immigration, or curtailing funding to "underperforming" (often, should be read as "battling against stiff odds") schools. When I think of ideas, I think of my high school days, when my friends and I used to solve all of the world's problems (between bong hits).

I guess I'm trying to say that I'd much rather have a half-dozen or so really, really good ideas than a whole host of ill-considered ones. Really, just a few of the ill-considered ones can spoil the entire mix.

Consider some of the current administration's ideas about foreign policy, for example. [Dude, pass that over here, will ya'? And don't Bogart it!]

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