See: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3601646/posts
"And as D.C. Grew, so did the inability to get shit done."
This is a misnomer. Our constitution is specifically designed to slow things down so that the "passions" - as our Founders so frequently talked about - are ignored or eclipsed while people have time to debate and talk about issues and a reasonable conclusion can be gained for a problem. Reason should always carry the day. Or, as so many of our wise grandparents and elders have said to all of us: "You have an important decision? Sleep on it and make your choice tomorrow".
At its base, gridlock is actually a good thing.
Do we want the government doing things? Or do we want the people doing things instead? This is an either/or choice as one negates the other.
We know what the Founders chose. The fact remains: King George III got a whole lot of things done. And the Founders declared independence because of it. They didn't want the government getting things done, they wanted the people doing it.
I fall on the Libertarian side of things.
I would be happy with a small army, a decent Navy, and someone to plow the roads.
My image of a Federal Government is minimalist at its core.