In a perfect world, where people don't misuse power, I would be all for these kinds of acts.. but we don't live in a perfect world, and democracy is a fragile thing.. Siphoning power from the people upwards to politicians is generally a bad idea, the more you concetrate power the more corrupt a system will be. This has been proven many times over, and I don't trust the leaders of today to be more virtuous than their predecessors..